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The debate about "lower/higher taxes" is a such a loaded discussion from both sides it's not even funny Those more on the left treat it as a holy grail as if g
by raverbashing 5y ago
The debate about "lower/higher taxes" is a such a loaded discussion from both sides it's not even funny
Those more on the left treat it as a holy grail as if government spending wasn't historically very inefficient and prone to corruption.
Those more on the right think all the society that was built around them was free and came out of nothing.
I certainly don't like paying taxes but they're needed. I don't like goverment "intervention" but no free market is going to build a road in front of my house, establish a government with fiscal/monetary policy (and a currency - and no, no cryptocrap will solve this) and build relations with other countries.
And in fact old capitalists seemed much more society focused: they built railways, universities, etc. Instead of yet another web app
- throwaway787544 5y agoIt's because we're a society of plenty now. Nobody thinks they need taxes if they already have a road. And a lot of people are just ignorant and don't comprehend the compounding effects of societal inequality.