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Why would they refund past taxes you'd paid?


The money you put into taxes went into national defense that kept you safe, roads you drove on, schools that provided an educated workforce that made the goods and services you consumed, etc...

Money put into Social Security is just lost to you unless you are renouncing your money after retirement.


That's a rather generous assessment of how my money was used in Iraq, for instance. That sounds glib, but if you could pick and choose which things your taxes funded or not it would kind of make the whole concept of the state untenable.




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