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 Aren’t you glad your taxes are about to be put to good use to fight the enemy and spread democracy in the Middle East…yet again? 
 "The goal is to use Afghanistan to wash money out of the tax bases of the US and Europe through Afghanistan and back into the hands of a transnational security elite. 
The goal is an endless war, not a successful war."

- Julian Assange 
 It’s called money laundering. 
 If only ppl knew the taxes were already spent before they are collected. Govts aren't in debt for nothing.

Taxes are a fear tactic when the money can be produced out of thin air. No need to intervene in an outside conflict. 
 Hence the saying: taxation is theft