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by bcheung 3677 days ago
I'm in favor of a much higher land tax and getting rid of income and capital gains taxes.

Taxing income and capital gains seems counter productive to me as it creates a penalty for working harder and investing. Those are activities that make individuals and society more prosperous.

Another possibility I think is worth exploring is having the government simply print money each year and use that to provide for services and basic income. That way we can get rid of the tax system entirely.

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> Another possibility I think is worth exploring is having the government simply print money each year and use that to provide for services and basic income. That way we can get rid of the tax system entirely.

cough Inflation cough