Quote from: Sithara007 on December 30, 2016, 06:49:04 AM

Quote from: Drowzy on December 29, 2016, 02:35:44 PM

Quote from: Sithara007 on December 29, 2016, 02:28:57 PM

Quote from: Xester on December 29, 2016, 01:09:10 PM

Taxation is not theft or an act of thieving. Taxation is our share that we must give back to society that transforms into government welfare services and others.

Your statement might have been true a few decades back. But now, most of the tax revenue is being spent on the defense budget, and for giving salaries to the governmental staff.

Well we need the defense budget because other countries are also spending on defense. As for salaries I don't think so. The rest of the money goes into social programs and infrastructure. Salary is probably a small part of it.

OK.. let's take the American budget as an example. Here:

As you can see, defense and veterans affairs make up 20% of the total spending. Treasury amounts for another 14%.

But the truth is that the military budget is atleast 30% bigger then the base budget you are showing.

Here is something detailed:

https://www.thebalance.com/u-s-military-budget-components-challenges-growth-3306320