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Can we stop with taxing everything you don’t like? Taxes should be equal and used to fund the government, not as tools to make people do things you like.
by briandear 29d ago
Can we stop with taxing everything you don’t like? Taxes should be equal and used to fund the government, not as tools to make people do things you like.
- psd1 28d agoI question the assumption that taxes you don't like will not fund the government "Should" needs some unpacking; there's a subjective value lurking inside. Personally, i prefer economic incentives over coercion. My starting point: there is a degree to which society must govern entities within it.
- schmidtleonard 28d agoCan we stop with pushing all of the taxes into the work-consume economy and out of the invest-return economy? The latter is eating the world, would it really hurt it to help clean up its own messes for once?
- ericjmorey 28d agoTaxes used to offset the costs of undesirable activity are the most effective and efficient taxes, but you want less of that?
- softjobs 28d agoWhat type of taxes, state or federal? Because federal taxes do NOT fund federal spending. https://mmt101.substack.com/p/an-explanation-of-why-taxes-dont https://mmt101.substack.com/p/an-explanation-of-why-taxes-do...