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Redistributing wealth is not the primary purpose of taxes.
by throwaway3699 5y ago
Redistributing wealth is not the primary purpose of taxes.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> Redistributing wealth is not the primary purpose of taxes Yes it is. Also of government, more generally (well, power, of which wealth is a subset.) Before the modern era, this was pretty consistently upward redistribution, aka concentration.
- throwaway3699 5y agoThe primary purpose of taxes is to build bombs and train soldiers to defend the realm. Everything else is secondary. Imo the government does too much, but that's a whole other debate.