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Not all taxes demand a share of the currency we receive in private trade. A split rate property tax for example does not require making such a demand. My prefer
by aminok 10y ago
Not all taxes demand a share of the currency we receive in private trade. A split rate property tax for example does not require making such a demand. My preference is to replace all taxes with user fees for use of government services and assets (like roads), and a heavy split rate property tax, and compensate property owners for the loss of value in their real estate that this tax shift causes.
- k-mcgrady 10y agoInteresting. >> "replace all taxes with user fees for use of government services and assets (like roads)" I'm guessing with this we would also have to drastically reduce the number of services the government is providing? For example there will be certain services that they few people use but cost a lot to provide so if we aren't all contributing they can't continue to offer them. As for a split rate tax I hadn't heard of it before but after a quick glance it looks interesting. However I don't understand how you can think tax on trade is authoritarian yet other tax forms aren't.
- aminok 10y agoYes, moving to the tax system as proposed would require a massive reduction in government spending. >However I don't understand how you can think tax on trade is authoritarian yet other tax forms aren't. Land, and to a lesser extent the property that's built on it, can more justifiably be taxed, because an individual has less of a natural right of ownership over it. This is due to land being a natural resource, that derives almost all of its value from its natural form, rather than the value the party that appropriated it added to it.