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DeSantis says he would eliminate four federal agencies [the Departments of Education, Commerce, and Energy, and the IRS] if elected president(www.nbcnews.com)

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the race to the right continues for US Republicans

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angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com
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If the IRS gets eliminated the US is gone. Probably the Dept of Commerce and Energy too. And Education would be only a matter of time.

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Will Kaufman@mastodon.social
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@angstylittlecatboy @alyaza it’s bizarre how the tax dodgers don’t seem to understand the connection between taxes and the value of money.

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ConsciousCode@beehaw.org
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“Tragedy of the commons” + “diffusion of responsibility” + extreme individualism + right-libertarianism “taxation is theft”

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