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That's worse. "Everyone pays this tax, but only a tiny minority are allowed to benefit" is a horrifically unjust way to run a country. Either everyone should be
by AlgorithmicTime 11y ago
That's worse. "Everyone pays this tax, but only a tiny minority are allowed to benefit" is a horrifically unjust way to run a country. Either everyone should benefit equally, or the services should be done away with.
- IanCal 11y agoThis is how a huge number of incredibly successful countries work. You tax people on their ability to pay and spend the money on those who need it.
- thescribe 11y agoI don't see how this doesn't create a country where there always exists a person who would be better off defecting?
- Retra 11y agoDefecting how? Voluntarily stepping on a land mine so they can use free wheelchair services? Regardless, "a person" is not a major inefficiency.
- IanCal 11y agoDefecting how? Going to another country where there are no taxes at all? You're also assuming that these things don't provide a net benefit. If my taxes save a life at the age of 20, then we get a huge number of years of productivity and haven't "wasted" all the money on their education. Money used to help drug addicts reduces crime and policing costs. This is not some zero sum game, £1000 from me given to those who need it more than I do can end up benefiting us both. And finally, I donate to charity not because I think it'll necessarily directly benefit me financially, I just think it's the right thing to do. I would be better off if I didn't, but that doesn't stop me.
- PhasmaFelis 11y agoI've never understood why people think that social Darwinism is somehow "just." It's might-makes-right dressed up with platitudes.