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Hardly man. I'm a small business owner. I pay a hell of alot in income taxes. I have invested money. The thing is - we all use our resources in this country. W

Hardly man. I'm a small business owner. I pay a hell of alot in income taxes. I have invested money. The thing is - we all use our resources in this country. We all use the roads, the land, the water, the minerals, and every other item out there. My company probably uses more than the average person. It should be taxed at least equally - if not more as a result. I have a bunch of people that drive all over the place. They write on paper. Many miles of roads are used slightly because of them. Paper is produced for them to write on. My grandma has never drove a day in her life - and at 95 still walks everywhere she needs to. She makes pennies on the thousand dollar compared to me. Taxes provide infrastructure and resources. The poor are overly taxed.

marknutter 10y ago
Roads roads roads. It's always roads that people bring up when defending socialism. Look up how much our roads cost to maintain and compare it to our entitlements spending and you'll get a better understanding of what socialism looks like. There's not a capitalist alive who isn't comfortable paying taxes for roads.
- Neeek 10y ago
  Ok then, what about the health of your consumers (not just medically)? Is the community at large not an asset we all tap in to every day? People have noticed that there is a growing portion of that asset that can't contribute as well as they could. Namely because of difficulties acquiring education, healthcare and financial security.
  - marknutter 10y ago
    That's where things get very fuzzy. It's easy to link tax dollars to roads because the road is either there, and well maintained, or it is not. In order to make the argument that businesses get more from their dollars by giving it to the government to improve the "health" of the workforce than they would investing it how they see fit, you need to be able to measure it, and that's not an easy thing to do. If it were obvious, like taxes for roads, you'd get little argument from businesses over taxes. The problem is, it's not obvious nor easy to prove.
    - Neeek 10y ago
      Absolutely, it's hard to prove. Maybe the answer isn't in government, it just seems like a silly thing to leave to the invisible hand of capitalism, seeing as that exact reasoning appears to have brought us here. Why not cultivate your crop, you know?

marknutter 10y ago

Roads roads roads. It's always roads that people bring up when defending socialism. Look up how much our roads cost to maintain and compare it to our entitlements spending and you'll get a better understanding of what socialism looks like. There's not a capitalist alive who isn't comfortable paying taxes for roads.

Neeek 10y ago
Ok then, what about the health of your consumers (not just medically)? Is the community at large not an asset we all tap in to every day? People have noticed that there is a growing portion of that asset that can't contribute as well as they could. Namely because of difficulties acquiring education, healthcare and financial security.
- marknutter 10y ago
  That's where things get very fuzzy. It's easy to link tax dollars to roads because the road is either there, and well maintained, or it is not. In order to make the argument that businesses get more from their dollars by giving it to the government to improve the "health" of the workforce than they would investing it how they see fit, you need to be able to measure it, and that's not an easy thing to do. If it were obvious, like taxes for roads, you'd get little argument from businesses over taxes. The problem is, it's not obvious nor easy to prove.
  - Neeek 10y ago
    Absolutely, it's hard to prove. Maybe the answer isn't in government, it just seems like a silly thing to leave to the invisible hand of capitalism, seeing as that exact reasoning appears to have brought us here. Why not cultivate your crop, you know?