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I suspect this fellow is just getting his ideas out onto paper so he can look at them. There are a couple of internal inconsistencies that I can't explain other
by roenxi 3y ago
I suspect this fellow is just getting his ideas out onto paper so he can look at them. There are a couple of internal inconsistencies that I can't explain otherwise.
> What makes us corruptible though? My bet's on a lack of money.
This was a good example. This bet is then followed by a compelling evidence that lack of money is not the problem, and proposes education as a solution. Money is a lot of things, but lacking it as a cause of corruption is hard to put. Poor people are not known for being corrupt, they don't have enough power to wield it corruptly.
Ditto taxes, where he wants people to pay a fair share but I can't figure out what that is or what the justification is for it being fair. Taxes are, from top to tail, completely artificial and there is no inherent moral issue with tax avoidance. Some taxes - like a tax on alcohol - is often explicitly to trigger tax avoidance. The fairness of taxes is a complex question that is independent of the law. (Although the answer usually seems to be "the fair option is people who aren't me pay more!" and people fail to see the irony).
And since we're talk about tax fairness, this gentleman would probably enjoy researching land taxation. That is the most promising way towards everyone paying their fair share.