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This is the most interesting thing I disagree about: > It just ends up being a regressive tax I don't think it's useful to think of paying for goods or servic
by BurningFrog 5y ago
This is the most interesting thing I disagree about:
> It just ends up being a regressive tax
I don't think it's useful to think of paying for goods or services as taxes, just because they're sold by a government entity.
I don't think of buying a Bart ticket or sending a package through USPS as a tax. They're not that different from buying a bus ticket from Greyhound or sending a package through FedEx.
- akira2501 5y ago> just because they're sold by a government entity. I think it depends. Is the government holding a monopoly on the market? If so, it's a tax.
- BurningFrog 5y agoI understand the sentiment, but I think government monopolies are a separate form of coercive government power than taxes. It's good to have a vocabulary!