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> They also pay way more than John Q. Public and yet only get the same amount of access to what taxes fund (police, fire departments, public schools, roads, mil
by CogitoCogito 6y ago
> They also pay way more than John Q. Public and yet only get the same amount of access to what taxes fund (police, fire departments, public schools, roads, military protection, etc).
Well the government also enforces contracts and your claims to property. The amount this helps you is obviously proportional to your wealth.
- andrepd 6y agoDing ding ding. It's amazing the number of people who think that private property is this "natural right" and then goverment comes and "steals" part of it, when in fact the institution of private property and its enforcement is precisely what the state does, without which your company wouldn't exist! This means courts, legislature, law enforcement, an army. Even more generally: your company ultimately only exists because the country provides you with a stable environment and millions of well-fed people with money kn their pockets to spend at your company. So you actually have a lot to pay society/the state back for! I'm very partial to a georgist/mandatory public shares approach because of this.