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Something like "fair" tax policy is impossible because the world isn't fair. It's like trying to find mathematical formula to make 2 x 2 equal 5. Anyone trying

Something like "fair" tax policy is impossible because the world isn't fair. It's like trying to find mathematical formula to make 2 x 2 equal 5. Anyone trying to shape tax policy is biased one way or another and is causing detachment from effort and reward which is extremely demotivating. It looks innocent on a spreadsheet, but tell someone who worked hard all their life that now they need to part with half of their salary to fund some vanity projects meanwhile they neighbour gets paid for watching telly all day.

Nasrudith 6y ago
In my opinion the fairness of the world is irrelevant as no matter what search space of possible and impossible combinations and get you will never find universal consensus on what qualifies as "fair" making the asking futile. Is a world where any form of violence is literally impossible unfair to others in worlds wracked by it or who desire it consensually?