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by AnimalMuppet 2922 days ago
By some assumed standard of morality. "Fair" tax can never be determined by tax law - only "legal" can be determined that way.
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There exists a fair tax: the user fee. Pay for what you use. (But then we are still reduced to bargaining over what is a fair price).

Insurance is also a form of fair tax, when premiums are based on claim history and objective risk factors, and the market is reasonably competitive.