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I don't think there's a single government that sets taxes based on fairness. Rather, I'd wager that most governments set taxes as high as they can without suffe
by sbacic 8y ago
I don't think there's a single government that sets taxes based on fairness. Rather, I'd wager that most governments set taxes as high as they can without suffering consequences such as economic slowdowns or capital flight.
- anoncake 8y agoA democratic government does what its citizens want it to do. Presumably they want taxes to be fair. If setting taxes to a fair level would cause capital flight, then something's wrong about our economic system.
- sbacic 8y ago> A democratic government does what its citizens want it to do. Presumably they want taxes to be fair. Both of these statements are based on very big presumptions indeed.