Posted by alexandra_k on May 8, 2005, at 17:42:00
In reply to Money, posted by eloaf on May 8, 2005, at 1:02:27
I have to say that I am a fan of taxing people more the more they earn.
(Which cuts down on the ammount that gets to be hoarded in the first place)
Where do those taxes go?
To ensure that everyone in the country has a reasonable standard of living and access to reasonable housing, education, health, etc etc.
But that seems fairly un-american ;-)
I would rather live in a society where everyone gets their basic needs met without having to resort to guns and drugs and prostitution etc etc.
I suppose you could kind of get them living in certain areas so that the wealthy never have to look at them in the usual course of their lives...
But of course they will come and get you in the end.
Mug you
Steal from you
Hate you
Rape you.Yuk.
Tax isn't theft anyways.
It is in virtue of living in certain countries that the dollar gets its value.IMO government shouldn't just be about enforcing law and order.
It should be about providing services for the welfare of its citizens too.I forget the stats...
Something like 16% of the population control 85% (or maybe its even more than that) of the wealth.
But then we are all wealthy solely in virtue of the country we were born too.
Hmm.
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