Yes, we must stick to sports. 

The game is played a little differently in this neighborhood. Let’s say your firm, of which you are the CEO or a majority shareholder/board member/whatever, is awarded a government contract that increases your annual take by $X. That $X is essentially tax revenue, and if your property taxes < X then you are a net…

Tell me who starred your comment.

I’m not trying to insult you. If you pay a lot of taxes you aren’t in the club. Ask Bernie.

Why do Democrats always defend the rich like this? No, they pay hardly any tax and in some cases take in huge amounts of tax revenue through their businesses. 

If you pay taxes you are not rich. You are rich relative to your understanding of the term.

Only those completely “without brain,” as Generation Z likes to say, don’t understand that Google is trying to frame Trump as something he’s not, a racist.

But, should you not get something for your tax money? If not, why pay it and how is it not considered outright theft? Is that not... taxation without representation.

The poor in red states that are dependent on welfare vote Democrat. Please do not make us have this conversation.

I’m a classical liberal. And no, I haven’t pivoted at all. The core of my argument remains the same - the middle class should reap the benefits of the taxes they pay. I fully admit I was unaware that this specific field was in a 0.01% progressive, hard left, explicitly political neighborhood that almost certainly…

The top 0.01% pay nothing or receive huge amounts of tax dollars. This community is 0.01% and everyone should be allowed to use their facilities because of this.

Thank you Medrawt. I have to admit that my original post was written under the assumption that this specific community was not a wealthy, non-diverse, liberal enclave. It is.

It’s amazing how many of you fail to understand basic public finance.

Read Dickens, not that I like him because I don’t really, to understand what a street urchin is. Also, I have been informed that the public schools in this area are very wealthy.

You didn’t get far enough down the thread to read them if you’re replying to this one.

Thank you for this, you are not the first to make me aware of my ignorance regarding this specific community of upper crust Democrats who undoubtedly support policies that enrich themselves at the expense of the middle class.

Chicago is not in Michigan. 

I hope you are in high school because no, that is not how it works. First, entities within states pay federal taxes, so population matters. Second, federal dollars are not handed to states as gifts, they are handed to states based on needs. Could that be welfare? Sure. But be careful going down that path as it leads…

This coming from someone who surely supports some form of open borders. 

Not all taxpayers are landowners that participate in the local asset inflation the use of their tax dollars brings, but I get your point. I have learned a lot during this thread and am now of the opinion that the ghettos that surround your community should be allowed to use your fields.