I just can‘t seem to understand why so many Americans are extremely sensitive when it comes to taxes, and often oppose strongly of a progressive tax system.
At least personally, I think of taxes as giving back to the society and community, and I enjoy many of the governments services every day.
Also. I don‘t understand the objection towards a progressive taxation system
There are two types of government spending:
1) The general welfare: The general welfare means that everyone benefits. Roads, police, fire, military, civil courts, criminal courts, they are for the general benefit
2) The specific welfare: The benefit of individuals. Wealth redistribution. Welfare, social security,earmarks, foreign aid, wars for non-defense. Those are costs which go to the interest of specific people, and the problem with that is they come inherently at the cost of other citizens. They are pitting one citizen against another, something very bad for government to be doing in a free, fair country
They are fundamentally different. Many of us support the former but oppose the latter