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How is that different from any democracy? People are incentivised to vote for people who promise lower taxes. Edit: or better infrastructure, ...
by kaeluka 11y ago
How is that different from any democracy? People are incentivised to vote for people who promise lower taxes.
Edit: or better infrastructure, ...
- ghostwriter 11y agoIt's different fundamentally. Lower taxes do not automatically guarantee you better income, but they do guarantee that the result of your work remains for you at your disposal in a larger extent. But the value still has to be produced by yourself, not the government that takes it from others.
- kaeluka 11y agoGranted, lower taxes are different. Better infrastructure, more child support, ... still are the same problem, IMO. Yet, the system -- somehow -- works. FWIW, that's the reason I'm in Churchill's camp: "It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried." Democracy relies on politicians believing what they say. It is easily gamed. Yet I have no better alternative. Challenge my view :)