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Originally Posted by editec  Doesn't really matter where you come down on the capitalism v socialism issue.
If you want a viable nation somebody has to pay taxes or the nation inevitable goes belly up when their credit runs out.
Now the argument can be made, that the people who most benefit from the existence of a civilized society should pay the most taxes to keep it civil.
And when that does not happen?
Well then.. you end up with a nation awash in debt, printing money that becomes increasingly worthless, with an infrastructure that's falling down, populated by ill educated morons doing crime becuase they can't find a decent job that pays a living salary, and decent hard working citizens fearing for their lives.
Sound familiar, folks? |
A viable nation pays taxes to run it's governmental system... yes
But... a viable nation based on ACTUAL EQUALITY does not need a punishment tax system... it just makes the have-nots feel better to feel they are "sticking it to the man"... and they will elect those with the values based on inequality to keep that feeling
Those who earn more, even in a truly equal burden taxation system, will end up paying more in TOTAL.. that does not mean that they owe any more of a burden, percentage wise, than any other citizen in a freedom based system of equality in government
Waste in government is a terrible thing... our system, thanks to corruption and expanding the government into a handout charity system, has put us in a worse place... but becoming more controlling and more socialist is not an answer for it...or for society