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It seems many of these articles see tax deductions as the government giving money to tax payers, instead of the government agreeing to forcibly take less of a t

It seems many of these articles see tax deductions as the government giving money to tax payers, instead of the government agreeing to forcibly take less of a tax payer's income. It's an important distinction I rarely see made by the NYT.

callalex 9y ago
What practical difference does this actually make?
- mikekij 9y ago
  They're conditioning a generation of taxpayers to see tax dollars as the government's money, rather than the taxpayers' money. This breeds economic entitlement and class warfare.