| > Why do people have problems with taxes? I don't. Never have. Fine. However, that is a personal decision of yours. Other people make other decisions. > When taxes build schools and infrastructure and provide policing and social support it's a good thing. When taxes are misused (military industrial complex perhaps) that's an issue with the system of government, not taxes. Why not do it with sandwiches? The government collects 500 dollars from you in taxes and gives a 5-dollar sandwich in return. From now on, taxes are necessary, because how else would we get hold of sandwiches? > I do have an issue with the wealthiest people sheltering their money from taxation. If it were your money, I would understand. It isn't your money. You insist that other people should make decisions as you like them to. Why? And why not the other way around? > But you are left with A LOT MORE money after taxes. And this is the issue for me. Again, it is not YOUR money. It is THEIRS. You cannot impose your opinion of what is right and wrong onto others. I could perfectly do the same, and insist that you must adopt MY views on right and wrong. You could say that your view is backed by government violence, but as you know, violence is not something particularly complex to orchestrate. In fact, it is trivially easily matched. Nowadays we have got people incessantly bombing other people exactly over this kind of problems. Your desire to impose your beliefs onto others, will inevitably turn out to be very costly, because people like you are doing that in too many areas and to too many people. Ultimately, what you believe to be right or wrong will no longer matter. Sooner or later, it will only be what you are willing to risk your life and die for that will matter. |