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The purpose of taxes is to fund the budget. This feels like back door social engineering.
by disposekinetics 6y ago
The purpose of taxes is to fund the budget. This feels like back door social engineering.
- jacobush 6y agoIt's front door social engineering. See also tobacco and alcohol.
- supergarfield 6y agoThere are other purposes for taxes, the most famous one being Pigovian taxes, which attempt to price negative externalities into a market: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigovian_tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigovian_tax. The inheritance tax is not a Pigovian tax, but its purpose can also be primarily non-budgetary.