Is this the same Pentagon that can't pass an audit of their own? That Pentagon?
It's as if it's just a giant scheme to divert taxes from being used for what they're meant for and put them back in the hands of the oligarchs.
As Marxists, I think we need to be very careful about how we talk about taxes.
- All value is produced by labor
- All value produced by labor is stolen by owners through private property law
- Of the value stolen by owners through private property law, some of it is provided back to labor to reproduce that labor
- Of the portion of the value provided back to labor for reproduction, a portion is stolen by the owners through tax law
- Of the portion stolen from labor by tax law, a portion is provided to both labor and lumpen.
It's a ridiculous system of exploitation. Owners should be paying all of the taxes, but they control the tax law.
Oh I completely agree with all that. I just mean that even within the context of a capitalist system, taxes are mean to be used for public needs. To me, this is an illustration of how the dictatorship of bourgeoisie is not an inherently unstable system. The ruling class eventually finds ways to siphon all the wealth out of the system leaving nothing for the working majority.
