The argument/discussion about taxes has to start by discussing what functions and services we want to be handled by the state. There are taxes that are there t

The argument/discussion about taxes has to start by discussing what functions and services we want to be handled by the state. There are taxes that are there to nudge people and encourage certain things, but all in all the point is to finance the state. In most developed countries the state, in one form or another, has taken on many functions and services and that implies that taxation has to be significant. So before discussing cutting tax we need to think about what the state should offload (if anything) first.