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The government doesn't just spend it how they want, we have a system where it is collectively decided. That means you have to follow the law whether you agreed
by flapjackfritz 8y ago
The government doesn't just spend it how they want, we have a system where it is collectively decided.
That means you have to follow the law whether you agreed with it or not, it's how democracy works.
- xupybd 8y agoYes, the collective (the government as elected by the people) decides how to spend other peoples money. That is not a moral justification. This is how democracy works. But if collectively a people democratically decide to do something that doesn't make it morally correct. You do have to follow the law, but what I'm saying is that we need to consider the moral implications of the law being suggested.
- flapjackfritz 8y agoThe moral implications are important. That's why it's a marginal rate being proposed in the USA, only on income over 10 million. Taxing higher rates on much higher income amount is morally better than taxing that same rate on a lower income. This is because of the impact it has on the earners well being. Income after 10 million has a much lower impact on that persons well being than say, their first 1 million.