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> 10. Tax minimisation for the super rich "harmful"? Please. I'd replace that one with "working for the IRS". One must believe that all money taken by the g

> 10. Tax minimisation for the super rich "harmful"? Please. I'd replace that one with "working for the IRS". One must believe that all money taken by the govt is somehow always put to great use and additionally, the revenue and spending levels are a fixed amount that cannot change. And even then tax minimisation for the super rich can be seen as a good in many ways. To say "more likely that that money would be better used by governments" requires astonishing levels of naivete. Good grief.

microcolonel 10y ago
Not to mention that the IRS is on the phone to offer this service to everyone. If you call them up, they are very helpful. According to them, you have the right to pay as little tax as you legally owe, and they have the responsibility to give you quality service to achieve that.
georgeecollins 10y ago
Let me replace the term government with democracy in your arguement, because the US is a democracy. You believe that the money is better spent by a wealthy individual then by the democratic will of the people. That may be true. But if you believe it then why not replace democracy with plutocracy?
throwawaycanada 10y ago
I believe if the government had the money we intended it to have some things would be better. As usual they would waste half or more but there would still be more schools etc.
antidealist 10y ago
Social stratification through income inequality leads to problematic first order effects... - skewed political bargaining power - skewed economic bargaining power Not to mention second order effects: - regulatory capture - debt inflation - reduced aggregate demand - privatization and bureacratization - increased propaganda - "commodification" of spheres poorly handled by markets - lower levels of entrepreneurial activity - less fundamental research from public funding - long waiting times for public services - increased costs and inflation from privatized energy production - less traffic mobility for low incomes from privatised public transit - housing market bubbles - less independent press from reductions in public funding Or third order effects... - social unrest - lower reproduction rates - higher levels of job competition - recessions - populism and extremism - geopolitical unrest - less political participation Also, nation states are not income constrained, so stating taxes are used for state income is factually incorrect.

microcolonel 10y ago

Not to mention that the IRS is on the phone to offer this service to everyone. If you call them up, they are very helpful. According to them, you have the right to pay as little tax as you legally owe, and they have the responsibility to give you quality service to achieve that.

georgeecollins 10y ago

Let me replace the term government with democracy in your arguement, because the US is a democracy. You believe that the money is better spent by a wealthy individual then by the democratic will of the people. That may be true. But if you believe it then why not replace democracy with plutocracy?

throwawaycanada 10y ago

I believe if the government had the money we intended it to have some things would be better. As usual they would waste half or more but there would still be more schools etc.

antidealist 10y ago

Social stratification through income inequality leads to problematic first order effects... - skewed political bargaining power - skewed economic bargaining power Not to mention second order effects: - regulatory capture - debt inflation - reduced aggregate demand - privatization and bureacratization - increased propaganda - "commodification" of spheres poorly handled by markets - lower levels of entrepreneurial activity - less fundamental research from public funding - long waiting times for public services - increased costs and inflation from privatized energy production - less traffic mobility for low incomes from privatised public transit - housing market bubbles - less independent press from reductions in public funding Or third order effects... - social unrest - lower reproduction rates - higher levels of job competition - recessions - populism and extremism - geopolitical unrest - less political participation Also, nation states are not income constrained, so stating taxes are used for state income is factually incorrect.