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It is easy to excuse paying taxes. The issue that that taxes fundamentally bind two moralities: and individual and social one. Societies generally thrive bett
by tossandthrow 8mo ago
It is easy to excuse paying taxes.
The issue that that taxes fundamentally bind two moralities: and individual and social one.
Societies generally thrive better when there is a certain level of equality. Not a hundred percent, but enough for social mobility and for people to be aspirational.
No or low taxes remove that opportunity. It bears people from taking an education and forces them in poverty.
- ralph84 8mo agoProgressive taxation on income is specifically designed to prevent upward mobility from working.
- tossandthrow 8mo agoTaxes are a part of a broader redistributive system. Mobility is given by ensuring that all have equal opportunity. Opportunity to learn, opportunity to start a business. Etc.
- Refreeze5224 8mo agoThis is totally true, if you ignore the entire history of taxation in the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries.