I want to see some fireworks special interest group successfully lobby to have taxes dropped on fireworks in June.
The U.S. literally started charging insane taxes right as the country began. They even teach Shays Rebellion in school.
The whole story only makes sense through the propaganda lens, brave freedom fighters against an oppressive government taxing them for no reason.
Then you read the actual context and it’s a bunch of new aristocracy high on slave money mad that the empire refuses to let them expand past the boarders established in a war that benefited them and they are now having to pay taxes for.
Are people under the impression that the US revolution and independence was specifically about not paying taxes? That’s some libertarian shit right there.
Colonists were even paying tax at a 90% discounted rate compared to those in Britain.
It’s the narrative pushed In alot of schools in the USA
I distinctly remember writing some report about taxation without representation, thinking it was some super important American principle. I was real confused when I learned about Puerto Rico
It’s on DC license plates
Wait, why?! DC doesn’t get proper representation. Or are you joking?
In any case, to say the people of the 50 states are adequately represented is foolish.
DC, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Virgin Islands and Mariana Islands all pay taxes and have zero representation in congress.
Different rules for brown people.
Language is fluid (fortunately|unfortunately)
No one ever accused Americans of being smart.
Listen pal, I wish you were in front of me. Me and my two buddies would take you on, 5 to 1.
You know what’s also not cool. Making using fireworks illegal because it might cause a fire but don’t ban the selling of fireworks.
Fireworks enthusiasts should take their fireworks to a fireworks range when they want to use them and keep them locked in a fireworks case when not in use.
The greatest punishment from God is that the pretty fireworks that aren’t loud and annoying are also the ones most likely to cause fires
That’s why I buy mine on the rez
I see taxes as a good solidary thing but we need far stronger regulations or personal interest direction where the tax should go
I would rather my tax dollars don’t go to government investments of ripping Pokémon boosters and magic cards. The military would also balloon more than it already has.
Suddenly 1/3 of the entire country’s budget goes to the military lmao
No we shouldn’t. Imagine where the taxes would go, and then understand where people would make sure they didn’t go. A shitload of people are racist, self serving, and shortsighted.
Is this just for the memes? Or do people actually not like fireworks?
They’re boring, loud, and pointless.
I don’t mind going to an actual coordinated show at a local beach, but every individual douchebag just shooting them off in their backyard for funsies is a fucking loser.
If you have a dog or a cat, it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out why some people don’t like fireworks
If you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all.
Unless someone can invent the real equivalent of the fireworks Gandalf usef in the LoTR movie, I’m not interested.
Can I counter your first point with this?! (sorry about the music)
https://youtube.com/shorts/uoMMJLBVFec?is=KidgxXrW1DP_R5qD
And this:
https://youtube.com/shorts/EzaQNGwnOIQ
‘Sky Puke’ shows are common I get it but there is genuine artistry out there.
I can only speak for myself, but I do think fireworks should be much more regulated. Each year 10,000 people get hurt from fireworks in the US alone, and it’s pretty horrible for the environment. I do appreciate the cultural importance, so I don’t think completely banning them is the solution, but I think it would be much better if there were just a few organized firework shows, and no more fireworks for private use.
That makes a ton of sense. I’m in Canada, where they are regulated. You really only ever see fireworks at organized events put on by towns/cities, and they are always awesome. One of my favourite things to watch as a kid.
I didn’t know there are places with regulations like that, that’s cool :)
I have pets and any firework related holiday I have to hole up with them all night to comfort them. And that’s just on the days I know they will have them, basically all of autumn and winter have dickgeads randomly setting off fireworks for god knows what reason. It’s hell
Jokes on you.
We didn’t quit paying taxes. We just quit paying unfair taxes to the Crown.
A reminder that the taxes in question were levied to recoup the costs of French and Indian War, which the colonists started.
And, which was largely fought (and won) in a way that dramatically benefitted the colonists.
Ever wonder why there are so many places with French names just slightly inland from the original 13 US colonies have French names?
- Bayou La Batre, Decatur, Lapine, Leroi, Mon Louis, Dauphin Island, etc. Alabama
- Louisville, Paris, Versailles, Montpelier, etc. in Kentucky
- Leroy, Napoleon, Montpelier, Saint Croix, etc. in Indiana
- Bellaire, Bellefontaine, Louisville, Marietta, etc. in Ohio
- Dubois, Duquesne, Labelle, Fort le Boeuf, Eau Claire, etc. in Pennsylvania
- The name “Michigan” itself (originally Ojibwe, but interpreted into French), and a whole lot of parts of that state, including Detroit
- Ozark (aux arcs), Benoit, Bellefontaine, D’Iberville etc. in Mississippi
New France went from the Gulf of Mexico north, included all the Great Lakes, and kept going up to Hudson’s Bay. American settlers couldn’t go west without entering New France, so England fought a war to allow the expansion west. It won that war. The resulting treaty gave the British colonists in the Americas a huge amount of territory they could expand into, leaving only a small amount behind for France and its native allies.
The British colonists in the Americas were asked to help pay for the war that gave them that opportunity to expand west, and they rebelled. And then, after the rebellion, they decided they didn’t need to abide by the terms of the British treaty with the French and took over most of the remaining land that France had been left after that war.
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Didn’t the boston tea party start because they lowered the price of legally imported (and thus taxed) tea, undermining smugglers?
Yes, but it was also a grudge match between rivals. In one connected incident a locally-owned ship was burnt to the waterline to take out a competitor.
The tea party was hugely damaging to the rebel cause, and leadership was furious. Just the sort of lawlessness the rebels were accused of standing for. It’s only several decades later that it was recast as an act of rebellion against the crown.
Most of the US founding fathers were smugglers.
Sell drugs, run guns, nail sluts, and fuck the law
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unfairtaxes to the crown“No taxation without representation”. If the colonies got representatives in Parliament, that flag would look mighty different.
Except that the British were offering that concession, and the negotiators for the colonists didn’t want to take it because really the taxes and lack of representation were just an excuse.
Kids get taxed whenever they buy anything so where’s their vote
DC has entered the chat…
Kinda cool of them to travel 14 years back in time before they were even founded
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We just like how the “un fair taxes” they teach is actually way lower than the taxes US citizens have now adays.
It was also 1/10th what the British citizens were paying at the time.
It really depends on what you’re getting in return. If your taxes paid for your healthcare and education, things would be different
Best they can offer is bombs for isreal
Neither did… well the K-12 education was paid, but it wasn’t the best of qualities. Having to relearn a lot of history and economics in EU now lol.
Also off topic; was gonna say US had a specific year for when education was free but checking the history, it was really spotty when implemented and heavily disorganized. Aaaand wow found out California broke a treaty against Mexico in 1998 with Proposition 227, where it’s illegal for teachers to speak Spanish (ir any other bilingual language) in public schools. It was heavily lobbied by Californian multimillionaire Ron Unz. We don’t know if that still holds up, cuz what if the kids only speak Spanish?? Or its Spanish class??? Or the teacher is Spanish themself and are trying to find the right words to something and are like ¿cómo se llama esto? faaaahhhh”???
Anyways USA only has the education part and it’s spotty af lol
The checks were unfair because they went to the crown rather than back to the American people who are paying them in the first place
And paid for wars that were fought for the benefit of the colonists. Similar to how US taxes today are paid to the state and are used to pay for wars that the government claims are for the benefit of the American people.
So what is different now?
Is Israel, Trump’s ministers’ pockets, insurance company executives, and the military industrial complex executives considered “the american people”?
Normal the difference is the larger pool of people, and this more money for non citizen things.
Right now… who the fuck knows
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Hear me out, just start a religion where fireworks are a form of religious ceremony. Although you’ll likely still pay tax on procuring the materials to manufacture the fireworks.
I once had a tabletop RPG character based on that concept.
Know what’s really not cool Bobby? Using ai to approximate King of the Hill when there are real King of the Hill screenshots you could’ve used.
Wut?
Why is this ai when there’s so much king of the hill material that isn’t? You could even use the actual screenshot from this actual scene, rather than some ai nightmare fuel
