yes I read her post, she said mines lacked depth so I provided more of an example just like she did to only talk about specific parts of how the taxes are being used/wasted.

Life is what you, yourself make of it.

People analyze too much.

The answers to life and many other questions lie in this merzbow song. I won't spoil it for you, it would be unfair of me to.

not much to life besides sex

Life is just about continuing the life of ones' species. Where we have consciousness, we overanalyze it - but ultimately life is just about being alive, and ensuring that your species remains alive based on your efforts.

i'm trying to remember some Carl Jung quote about life kindling some light on just mere existence

no, I acknowledged your point. I specifically said that I am more than happy to pay for social services, and i'd have to have my head under a rock for the past 21 years to not realize that taxes pay for police, mailmen, all that ****.

ACTUALLY, I will add depth to your argument WHILE counteracting it at the same time.

1. The police force- mainly state-funded and most of their salaries/fees it cost to run the police force come out of tickets/court fees. If you have ever gotten a ticket you'll realize it costs a lot more than the amount it usually says on the ticket. They are also funded by toll roads. So there are different taxes that fund that programs you are referring too (I was referring to federal/state taxes that come directly out of your pay check)

2. Mailmen- Stamps. Pretty self explanitory.

3. Roads- More state taxes, but sales taxes helps fund them more than you would believe.

TL;DR we see fewer benefits from our federal/state income taxes than we could imagine. Most of it goes to the military/beaucratic ****.

Reference: I interned for a state senator and saw some shocking numbers.

I would think that the money that comes from toll roads go to repairing the highways more than funding state troopers.

I have a hard time believing that stamps revenue is enough to run the whole postal system.

yes I actually do know this sales taxes also help on a more local level for municipalities as well.

I'll have to take your word for it for now since I haven't seen numbers myself or researched it but I just don't feel it's that one sided where a majority goes to military/outdated programs.

This is what life is about:

Aye. I'm not saying that there's no reason to enjoy life at all. I'm just saying that ultimately, all we're here to do is to continue the existence of our species. There's a lot of happiness and fun and love and devastation and sadness and bittersweet moments in between that are still worthwhile. It's not that they're cheapened; they just add to the experience.