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> taxes are usually raised to force people to support.... Sorry, the first half of your sentence is too broad for the rest of it to possibly be true.

• roenxi 7y ago
  Honestly I'm not sure your comment is any more helpful to me than just leaving a down vote. You havn't explained what you mean, there isn't an argument and I'm at a loss trying to follow your complaint. I could see that applying to the other part of the sentence - "ideas that the individual taxpayers vehemently oppose" - but the bit you've picked out is just literally true. Taxes are levied to finance schemes whether the taxpayer agrees with them or not.
  • erikpukinskis 7y ago
    Sorry, didn’t mean to be obtuse. Logically speaking, the assertion that 50%+ of taxes are driven by the same motivation seems impossible. Taxation is such a generic mechanism at work in so many different places, your assertion seems like a non-starter to me. Did you intend to make such a strong claim?
    • roenxi 7y ago
      That I can learn from. Thanks :) The intent was quite different, I didn't see a reading of that sentence that involved motivation but now that it has been pointed out I can see that it is the most obvious one. My intent was more about the outcomes of a tax but that wasn't expressed. What I wanted to say was something more like "No political decision has perfect support, and many cause stark divisions. But taxpayers financially support all the decisions taken and they will be vehemently opposed to some of the things they fund".