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  I am also pissed but also imagine those who vote for the representatives that you dislike may feel the same way about your preferred representation. I understand that both sides are not the same and the frustration of feeling like the republican leadership keeps trying to blow up the government, however, I imagine their voters may also dislike paying for the things you like. It’s a slippery slope and I think the majority problem lies in the governments inability to properly define and prosecute treason/corruption, to start. Again, I don’t know truly what a better system is but I would think that attempting to erode trust and function of our intelligence, healthcare, or education and defense systems while in a position of leadership over them should be punishable as it is a grave misuse of our taxes, actively weaponizing our funding against our shared interests.
context: He thinks he can just fire anyone that doesn’t agree with him and his insane bullshit. He thinks he’s still on a TV show. >
  
  Trump's plan if he is re-elected in 2024 includes restructuring the Executive Branch so that the President can fire whomever he wants for whatever reason he wants. Imagine post-2020-election President Trump with this power. He'd have been able to prevent the transfer of power by installing loyalists that declared him the winner. And if he still was going to be forced to leave? He could fire large chunks of the government workforce to leave Biden with a completely non-functional government and tons of fires to put out. (Of course, he'd then blame Biden for not fixing everything in 1 day.)
  Even if Trump doesn't get back into office, DeSantis or another Republican could copy this for their administration. >
  
  Trump tried to do this at the end with the Schedule F job classification. Biden repealed it right away, but Dems were not successful in getting legislation preventing a new Schedule F from being implemented in either the NDAA nor the omnibus, so we can anticipte the next Republican to come in and fire a whole bunch of long-term/career federal employees purely because they held a “policy” position during a Democratic administration. >
  
  Isn’t it fucking awesome that Republicans get to fuck around and act in bad faith, actively hurting people for $174,000 a year? Aren’t you glad you pay for half of our government to be dysfunctional bigoted shitbirds? >
  
  As much as it sucks to pay for something you don't want, this is the basis of democracy and taxation. If we gave everyone the option they would only support what they value financially and likely wouldn't contribute enough to make the system function as the group votes to. I'm not saying what a better form of governance looks like but I know I would personally like the option to opt out of paying for things I disagree with, especially since the church goes untaxed because their beleifs are considered more important than mine. >
  
  See but it’s not like I’m upset the government used taxes to build an unnecessary park or pave a street with no traffic. I’m pissed that half of our government thinks that basic human rights are debatable if you aren’t white or rich enough.