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> The oppressors _of whom_? The taxed and the prosecuted. Taxes aren’t an inherent ethical imperative, and certainly not something for which we should accept
by catiopatio 4y ago
> The oppressors _of whom_?
The taxed and the prosecuted.
Taxes aren’t an inherent ethical imperative, and certainly not something for which we should accept endless government intrusion in service of the collection thereof.
Taxes are an imperfect mechanism for funding an imperfect state, not an innate moral right to spend the fruits of others’ labor.
- sealeck 4y ago> The taxed and the prosecuted. You said this before but which taxed people and which prosecuted are you thinking of? > Taxes aren’t an inherent ethical imperative Even if this is not true, there are certainly a number of pragmatic reasons to support them (it turns out it's much nicer to live somewhere where there is a fair and just judicial system, a functioning education system, roads/bridges/etc, internet, clean water, sewage systems and social protection for the less fortunate and well off).