Taxes don’t really have to be fair or just. In German, the noun for „tax“ is the same as the verb for „steering“ even! In Order for our societies to work in pr

Taxes don’t really have to be fair or just. In German, the noun for „tax“ is the same as the verb for „steering“ even! In Order for our societies to work in practice, taxes are needed. What to tax and by how much is up to political debate… But there is evidence that high taxes combined with a great welfare state and some redistribution allows even capitalist societies to thrive. It even gets better when you specifically use taxes to reduce the difference between rich and poor. There might be less billionaires in such situations, but everyone else is MUCH happier and well off. So, from a consequentialist standpoint, more taxes, especially if progressive and hard enforced, are better. Every counter argument to that seems to construct some reasoning from pure egoism and assuming someone is not a product of his environment - and ignoring the very first thing I said - taxes don’t have to be fair or just