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> And I explained that earlier: people want others to suffer as much as them. Or perhaps they want others to also contribute to the shared government services
by like_any_other 2y ago
> And I explained that earlier: people want others to suffer as much as them.
Or perhaps they want others to also contribute to the shared government services that they benefit from. I.e. the free rider problem that taxes address.
- parineum 2y agoCorporations aren't taking nearly as much money from the government as the people they employ and your employer pays half if your social security tax already. It's not like corporations are collecting social security and medicaid.
- FireBeyond 2y agoNo, just hundreds of billions in grants, tax offsets, and other government largesse.
- parineum 2y agoThose are things we, as people, choose to incentivize with our tax dollars. Why would we incentivize corporations to do a thing and then tax them on it too?
- yieldcrv 2y agoa) inability to define an amount of percent undermines that desire b) the employees, traders, financial intermediaries, do contribute to the state coffers via taxes c) velocity of money and asset movement within the economy accomplishes that the corporation itself is just a conduit
- watwut 2y agoFree riders are now destroying useful goverment services. They really don't care about anything like that.