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I'm not sure you can call the collection of taxes unjust. Obviously the system needs a lot of work but the overall idea (collecting revenue to fund government
by philk 17y ago
I'm not sure you can call the collection of taxes unjust. Obviously the system needs a lot of work but the overall idea (collecting revenue to fund government and shared services/infrastructure) is a sound one and integral to the operation of a modern democracy.
Plus if he resigned they'd just hire someone else. This isn't a position that would be hard to fill and he'd have accomplished nothing.
- Retric 17y agoIt's not the collection of taxes that is unjust, but a system so complex that most well educated professionals can't do their own taxes without paying more money. Almost all the tax preparation costs are a pure drain on society which directly relate to the complexity of the tax code. PS: I happen to pay a little extra taxes each year as a combination charitable donation and audit protection. As an added benefit I spend less time doing my taxes, but most people seem to dislike the idea. Multiply that savings across society and we would have both lower taxes (on average) and more free time.
- thwarted 17y agoAccountants need to eat too.
- nitrogen 17y agoAs with any other job or profession, if society no longer has a need for accountants, they will have to find something else to do. In my view tax accountants shouldn't be necessary for the vast majority of individuals. I view them (as a profession, not as individuals) as just another middleman leeching value from the supply chain, enabled by a complicit government. Let them work for people and businesses who have too much money to manage alone, and let the common person (which in this case I'll define as anyone with less than 5 sources of income including bank interest) have a simple tax system that he or she can manage alone.