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> Here's my dream [...] The only tax is a Sales tax/VAT/GST. Ok, I'll share mine: the only tax is on pollution and/or scare resource usage. It's weird that we
by cies 6y ago
> Here's my dream [...] The only tax is a Sales tax/VAT/GST.
Ok, I'll share mine: the only tax is on pollution and/or scare resource usage.
It's weird that we tax anything that's considered "good" in my opinion. Taxing housing, income from labour, consumption -- who came up with these shit ideas? Tax only, ONLY, what is considered bad (or should be reduced to a minimum), mainly: pollution. And the market will organize itself accordingly; optimize for all of us to survive a little longer on this planet (instead of exploiting it ASAP).
- nextaccountic 6y agoFully agreed! We need to tax the hell out of such externalities. Perhaps the main tax of the whole humanity should be a carbon tax, at least in the 21th century.
- FabHK 6y agoBoth together would be good. Tax externalities (=carbon tax etc.), and tax consumption (=VAT).