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> The rationale for taxation is the idea that you owe your government money by using up public resources (such as national defense, public works, emergency resp
by magpi3 8y ago
> The rationale for taxation is the idea that you owe your government money by using up public resources (such as national defense, public works, emergency response, etc.).
If this were the case, then everyone would be taxed equally. People with more money have always been taxed more (at least in the U.S).
- x220 8y agoThat's because the rich use up infrastructure and protection (they have more stuff worth stealing) more than they would if they were poor. The poor also get a pass because they can't easily pay regular tax rates and we want to lift them out of poverty so we can tax them more once they are (hopefully) in the middle class.