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"'''No taxation without representation'''" is a political slogan that originated in the [[American Revolution]] which expressed one of the primary grievances of [[Thirteen Colonies| | [[File:US tax pie chart.png|thumb|The U.S. ruling class spends 37% of income taxes on the military.]] | ||
"'''No taxation without representation'''" is a political slogan that originated in the [[American Revolution|Statesian Revolution]] which expressed one of the primary grievances of [[Thirteen Colonies|colonists]] against the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British Crown]].<ref>https://www.notaxationwithoutrepresentation.com</ref> | |||
In modern times, the phrase has become useful again due to the fact that the government of the United States is controlled by [[Capitalism|capitalist]] [[Plutocracy|plutocrats]]; the | In modern times, the phrase has become useful again due to the fact that the government of the United States is controlled by [[Capitalism|capitalist]] [[Plutocracy|plutocrats]]; the U.S. [[Proletariat|working class]] is heavily taxed, but according to Princeton University, there is no representation for the commoners.<ref>{{News citation|title=Princeton Concludes What Kind of Government America Really Has, and It's Not a Democracy|url=https://www.mic.com/articles/87719/princeton-concludes-what-kind-of-government-america-really-has-and-it-s-not-a-democracy}}</ref> This is a predictable phenomenon of so-called "[[Bourgeois democracy|liberal (capitalist) democracies]]" which are actually [[Dictatorship of the bourgeoisie|bourgeois dictatorships]]. The USA spends 37% of its tax revenue on war instead of helping the working class.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=War Resisters League|title=Where Your Income Tax Money Really Goes|date=2023|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/fy2023_pie_chart.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616194639/https://covertactionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/fy2023_pie_chart.pdf|archive-date=2023-06-16}}</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:06, 31 July 2023
"No taxation without representation" is a political slogan that originated in the Statesian Revolution which expressed one of the primary grievances of colonists against the British Crown.[1]
In modern times, the phrase has become useful again due to the fact that the government of the United States is controlled by capitalist plutocrats; the U.S. working class is heavily taxed, but according to Princeton University, there is no representation for the commoners.[2] This is a predictable phenomenon of so-called "liberal (capitalist) democracies" which are actually bourgeois dictatorships. The USA spends 37% of its tax revenue on war instead of helping the working class.[3]
References
- ↑ https://www.notaxationwithoutrepresentation.com
- ↑ "Princeton Concludes What Kind of Government America Really Has, and It's Not a Democracy".
- ↑ "Where Your Income Tax Money Really Goes" (2023). War Resisters League. Archived from the original on 2023-06-16.