[White_Wolf]

on the first 2 it's like you say. The third one was meant to underline taxing a new industry to support one on it's way out. Maybe I didn't pick the best example out there.

I do agree with taxation to a certain extent(within reason). Like you say: infrastructure is expensive to build and maintain. That being said I am not a fan of paying for major inefficiencies or/and taxes meant to discourage/favour one industry as opposed to another(including long term subsidies).

I personally find it absurd how much is really paid as % in taxes from the yearly pay of a normal employee(taxes paid by employee, employer, included in product pricing, etc). This would be one of the reasons I don't like taxation at source(would render offshores almost obsolete).