25 ms·
Universal income? Sure why not. With your own money. My money stays in my pocket.
by Eleutheria 11y ago
Universal income? Sure why not. With your own money.
My money stays in my pocket.
- Frondo 11y agoYou can keep your money. What you owe in tax is by definition not yours.
- cbd1984 11y agoTax is part of the social contract, and you can opt out at any time by leaving. Further, taxes are regulated through voting, which determines both how much is collected and how it is used. If the majority disagrees, well, most of the money is theirs, not yours, and you're free to go somewhere else.
- fche 11y agoAt least you're not even pretending that taxation is supposed to be good for him (by virtue of services or whatever). No, simply "you owe" the mob, however much they demand.
- yarper 11y agoPeople always look at their tax expenditure in terms of services they are provided. It's not a product! It's a social contract that collectively binds us - we will provide a safety net for everyone, in terms of lifelong healthcare and making sure you always have shelter, food and water. So yes, we the mob have decided you will contribute - we simply cannot watch the less fortunate suffer when we have the capacity to stop it!
- fche 11y ago"we simply cannot watch the less fortunate suffer" ... as though that was what the bulk of taxes were about. (If you define "less fortunate" and "suffer" to cover everyone and everything who happens to have a smaller income than you, it is weak sauce.)
- eru 11y agoYou better move to a tax haven.
- cbd1984 11y agoThe only reason you have money is because of the government.
- cbd1984 11y agoWhy does nobody ever apply this logic to police and military and corporate welfare?