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It blows my mind that anyone in the startup community would automatically assume taxes = bad. Startups benefit immensely from tax funded services. As an exam
by theBobMcCormick 15y ago
It blows my mind that anyone in the startup community would automatically assume taxes = bad. Startups benefit immensely from tax funded services.
As an example, you can complain all you want about specific laws and their enforcement,but nothing remotely resembling Silicon Valley could exist without the stable legal environment provided by the tax payer funded court system and law enforcement system. Not to mention the role tax payer funding played in the initial development of the Internet, the benefit US startups get from the interstate highway system, local fire departments, etc.
- Apocryphon 15y agoAlso, having an environment where taxes are the norm gives people incentives to pursue new endeavors that lead to tax write-offs!
- hammock 15y agoWithout a doubt, just like rampant window breaking incents people to build houses with less windows. Is that a good thing? Bob, no one was talking about fire dept or highways... where did that come from?
- Apocryphon 15y agoRampant window breaking incentivizes people towards inventing new and more innovative ways to create shatterproof windows. Still a win!