A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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Entry from January 09, 2021
“Don’t forget to pay your taxes this year. Other countries are depending on you”

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 originally planned for only $600 of relief to Americans, who had been suffering all year from the 2020 COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. However, the bill provided for billions of dollars to foreign countries.
     
“Don’t forget to pay your taxes this year, other countries are depending on you” was posted on Twitter by Jimmy Smith on December 29, 2020. “Don’t forget to pay your taxes this year. Other countries are depending on you!” (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by Jason Richards on December 31, 2020. “Don’t forget to pay your taxes this year. Other countries are depending on you!” (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by Buddy Hart on January 3, 2021.
 
“Don’t forget to pay your taxes this year, other countries and politicians are depending on you” was posted on Twitter by Sam Mabanta on January 8, 2021. “Don’t forget to pay your taxes this year….other countries and politicians are depending on you” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on January 9, 2021.
   
“Are there any countries that tax their citizens and send some of it to Americans?” is a related saying.
       
         
Wikipedia: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (H.R. 133) is a $2.3 trillion spending bill that combines $900 billion in stimulus relief for the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States with a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill for the 2021 federal fiscal year (combining 12 separate annual appropriatihttps://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/are_there_any_countries_that_tax_their_citizens/ons bills) and prevents a government shutdown. The bill is one of the largest spending measures ever enacted, surpassing the $2.2 trillion CARES Act, enacted in March 2020. The legislation is the first bill to address the pandemic since April 2020. According to the Senate Historical Office, at 5,593 pages, the legislation is the longest bill ever passed by Congress.
 
Wikipedia: COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in January 2020 and a pandemic in March 2020.
 
Twitter
Jimmy Smith
@JimmySmith300
Don’t forget to pay your taxes this year, other countries are depending on you.
6:45 PM · Dec 29, 2020·Twitter for Android
     
Twitter
Bebe Ex-GOP.
@BebeBertino
Pay your taxes this year. A lot of foreign countries are depending on you money our government just sent them
11:57 AM · Dec 30, 2020·Twitter for iPad
   
Twitter
Shinynickle
@shawndaj
Don’t forget to pay your taxes this year. Other countries are depending on you.
5:52 PM · Dec 31, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
Facebook
Jason Richards
December 31, 2020 at 6:33 PM ·
Total BS. Our politicians suck. Term Limits!
They work for us, not the other way around!!!
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
Don’t forget to pay
your taxes this year.
Other countries are
depending on you!
   
Twitter
Emberlea
@Emberlea7
Happy New Year! Don’t forget to pay your taxes this year. Other countries are depending on you!
11:32 AM · Jan 1, 2021·Twitter for Android
 
Twitter
Gi0
@Cubannator
Please remember don’t forget to pay your #taxes this year other countries are depending on you!
#USCongress #Fail
GIF
11:01 PM · Jan 1, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Dylan Too Savage For Democrats
@RealTSFD
Don’t forget to pay your taxes this year! Other countries are depending on you.
6:31 PM · Jan 2, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
 
Facebook
Buddy Hart
January 3, 2021 at 6:23 AM ·
How long will our ignorance compliment the politicians.
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
Don’t forget to pay
your taxes this year
Other countries are
depending on you!
   
Twitter
Sam Mabanta
@Squirtle559
Don’t forget to pay your taxes this year, other countries and politicians are depending on you.
12:42 PM · Jan 8, 2021·Twitter for Android
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/VERBERD January 9, 2021
Don’t forget to pay your taxes this year….
.....other countries and politicians are depending on you.

Posted by Barry Popik
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