Why am I paying taxes?

The Pentagon: We’re unable to track $3.8 trillion dollars of military spending. The U.S. Treasury: We’re unable to track $5 trillion dollars of pandemic spending. The Navy: We’re unable to track where a $30 million F-35 fighter jet went. The …

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$53,000 per internet connection. And you are paying for it.

Nebraska’s Winnebago Tribe has long been stuck with sluggish internet service. The federal government plans to fix that by crisscrossing the reservation with fiber-optic cable—at an average cost of $53,000 for each household and workplace connected. https://www.wsj.com/us-news/the-53-000-connection-the-high-cost-of-high-speed-internet-for-everyone-c903163f

Energy bills to remain ‘volatile’ for some time, warns Ofgem boss as seven million Brits face paying MORE this winter with most vulnerable put in desperate situation of choosing between ‘heating or living’

Energy bills for Britons will remain ‘volatile for some time to come’, regulator Ofgem warned today as it confirmed the price cap will fall after wholesale costs dropped. The cap will drop from an average of £2,074 per year to …

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Liquidity is flowing out of banks paying piddly .15% interest on accounts, as yield seekers flock into money markets & other higher-yielding financial instruments. Cue worsening liquidity crisis at local and regional banks in 3-2-1…

Assets in money market funds have hit a record $5.5 trillion. With yields above 5%, this trend should continue. pic.twitter.com/gpRrtgBjoL — Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) August 3, 2023 Bear Stearns Collapse March 16, 2008Lehman Brothers Collapse September 15, 2008 Silicon Valley …

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Who loves paying Taxes? Pentagon has said that an accounting error has provided an extra $6.2 billion dollars for Ukraine.

BREAKING: 'Accounting error' provides extra $6.2 BILLION for Ukraine, Pentagon says pic.twitter.com/75022IXg9k — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 20, 2023 The government: We're tracking every $600 transaction you make on Venmo Also the government: Oops pic.twitter.com/0XVylpwRJA — Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA (@GRDecter) June …

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U.S. Now Paying For Ukrainians’ Healthcare

USAID Chief Samantha Power recently boasted that the United States had, under her organization’s auspices, shipped $15 billion to Ukraine — a sum that will pay the salaries of the country’s public sector employees, including teachers, civil servants, firefighters, etc., …

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