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Originally Posted by DiamondDave  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 |
Socialism?
What does type of government have to do with this issue?
Socialism, Communism, Democratic Republic in a mixed exconomy, doesn't mattter what kind of economy or government one has, SOMEBODY HAS TO PAY FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
If the working class is tapped out, if they are not making enough money, then it falls to those who are making enough money to pay for it.
I'll be all for a FLAT TAX system when we have a FLAT INCOME society.
But until then?
Them what has the gold have to pay more than them what ain't, or we can borrow our way into bankruptsy (which is what we are doing right now)