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Many states use tax money to improve the lives of citizens by providing healthcare, education and so on. And so what ? They also wage war, do you like contribu
by ttoinou 9y ago
Many states use tax money to improve the lives of citizens by providing healthcare, education and so on.
And so what ? They also wage war, do you like contributing to death due to wars abroad ?
How do you morally justify taking money away from those services just so you can buy a new Jaguar? How do you morally justify the increased tax burden on everyone else caused by you not contributing your fair share?
What is your definition of 'fair share' ? Paradise papers are about legal optimizations almost all the time.
Also, Robin Hood stole from the rich and gave to the poor.
There's two different story of Robin Hood. Some say he stole back money from taxes to give it back the the poor (taxpayers)
https://fee.org/articles/robin-hood-man-of-the-people-or-destructive-thief/ https://fee.org/articles/robin-hood-man-of-the-people-or-des...
- comatose 9y agorobin hood didn't steal from tax collectors only, and it's an interesting but unsupported claim that the ultimate accumulators of the wealth in his day stole less than the perpetrators of pyramid schemes, pump and dump stock schemes, or their opposite ; devaluation of a valuable stock before the release of say a new iphone -- ie jim Kramer. I'll axmit that while I am not aware of groups considering tax-the-rich politicians as "robin hood" types it's believeable, not necessarily a straw man argument. robinhood brokd the law to do something people liked, the Arthurian legends were similar in not promoting an obvious moral purity in their tales, but i think robinhood would have been just fine stealing from comcast and the linked article seems to imply something different, and is also comically absurd in its claims