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Originally Posted by gracie
>In fact, your federal taxes are all being spent in Alabama...
I don't understand that part of the statement... Why are all my taxes going to Alabama?
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Money is fungible. A dollar is a dollar, no matter where it came from. Therefore it is just as correct to claim that the money you paid in Federal Income Taxes was used exclusively to pay soldiers' salaries in Kosovo, as it is to say it was used to build roads in Alabama.
When Grandma sent you $100 for Christmas, you sent her a nice note saying, "Dear Grandma. Thank you for the money. I used it to buy matching outfits for your Grandkids." That's a nice note, but in reality, it's just as accurate for you to write, "Dear Grandma. Thank you for the money. I used it to buy lots of porn. Since I no longer had to spend my own money on my porn addiction, I treated my kids to matching outfits."