• KoboldCoterie@pawb.social
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      10 months ago

      I’d take that 100% of the time over many of the other things our tax dollars pay for. Plus, it’s just a website with resources for fathers in general, not a whole site dedicated to dad jokes.

      • ClopClopMcFuckwad@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        You’re not happy your tax dollars funded a 20yr war in Afghanistan that was ultimately lost in less than 2 weeks, and Gulf War 2: Iraqi Boogaloo The Hunt for Nonexistent WMDs?

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          Someone cited recently how much we were paying a year just for air conditioning in Afghanistan: $20 billion. Meanwhile we’re like “hey, maybe children shouldn’t be starving in school and forced to throw their lunch in the trash at the end of the line if they can’t pay for it, maybe states shouldn’t be sending parents to collections for a $90 kid’s lunch bill” and conservatives: WHO’S GONNA PAY FOR THAT??

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      Funding for the NRFC is provided through the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, which authorized the use of funds for “the development, promotion, and distribution of a media campaign to encourage the appropriate involvement of parents in the life of any child and specifically the issue of responsible fatherhood, and the development of a national clearinghouse to assist States and communities in efforts to promote and support marriage and responsible fatherhood.”

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deficit_Reduction_Act_of_2005

      Evidently it’s reducing deficits!

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      10 months ago

      This is also exactly why the NEA needs more grant money! Dad jokes are so lame!

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      Well, the bottom half of wage earners pay zero federal income tax, and around 90% of federal income taxes are paid by the top 10%.

      Most people get more back than they had withheld all year. It’s most likely that these aren’t YOUR tax dollars, and if they are, YOUR contribution is likely microscopic.