4 ms·

Hmmm ... I think everyone has a obligation to pull their weight. If you don't pay your fair share of taxes, other people have to cover it for you.

• taylorwc 11y ago
  Sure. What is the fair share? Is it defined in absolute dollars? Is it a percentage of income? A percentage of wealth? Who determines what is the fair share? Are they elected? Is it a direct ballot measure? It's easy to agree to broad concepts when it comes to this sort of thing and horrifyingly difficult to enact practical measures.
  • hackuser 11y ago
    > horrifyingly difficult to enact practical measures. I don't agree. Almost every nation, state, and locality in the developed world and a great many elsewhere have done it. > Who determines what is the fair share? We decide democratically. Most of those nations, states, ad localities have been doing that for a long time too.
    • taylorwc 11y ago
      My own knowledge is limited to a few US states and federal government, but in all of those cases, the same problems described in the NYT article and above exist. Some other commenters here have definitely posted a few good examples of where they feel it works (like Canada.) What are others?