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When they give lavish amounts of money to executives or VCs do you also call that a tax?
by CPLX 1y ago
When they give lavish amounts of money to executives or VCs do you also call that a tax?
- conradev 1y agoNope. I was using tax in the sense of "mandatory cost enforced by the government" even though in this case the revenue goes to private entities.
- CPLX 1y agoIs there any cost not enforced by the government? What stops me from killing and eating my local venture capitalists for their protein content?
- conradev 1y agoFor you in particular, likely some moral precepts? or are you arguing that the deterrent effect of government punishment is the only thing stopping you? I don't really understand the line of argument.
- CPLX 1y agoWhen we give money to private citizens it's not a tax. When we give money to the government, it often is. So paying a union person isn't a tax, any more than paying anyone else. Everything is government mandated or regulated. Is paying interest to Chase Bank a tax? They're federally chartered, and I can't set up my own bank, I'm forced to use a regulated entity.