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It most certainly does - both to its citizens and the companies that do business there. Otherwise, the implicit idea that your taxes pay for public services is
by sbacic 8y ago
It most certainly does - both to its citizens and the companies that do business there. Otherwise, the implicit idea that your taxes pay for public services is chucked out of the window and we're left with taxation as just another expense to be avoided if possible.
- anoncake 8y agoOnly to its citizens. Not to companies. The idea behind taxes is not to pay for public services, but for whatever the citizens want to use them for (which happens to include public services of course). Companies aren't allowed to vote for a reason.
- sbacic 8y agoKeep in mind that companies are not just large multinationals but also small mom and pop stores, freelancers and everything in between. I hope you understand how deeply hypocritical it is to tout paying taxes as a moral obligation while at the same time refusing to be held accountable for how that money is being spent or denying companies a voice.
- anoncake 8y agoAnd many companies are owned by citizens whose opinions actually matter just as much as those who don't own a company. > I hope you understand how deeply hypocritical it is to tout paying taxes as a moral obligation while at the same time refusing to be held accountable for how that money is being spent or denying companies a voice. There's nothing hypocritical about not wanting corporations to have even more power than they already have.
- growlist 8y agoYou seem to be labouring under the delusion that voting actually changes anything.
- anoncake 8y agoNot enough. In part, that's because companies have to much of a voice.