matthew - retroedge.tech on Nostr: For the sake of this discussion, let’s keep the scope of taxes specifically on the ...
For the sake of this discussion, let’s keep the scope of taxes specifically on the taxation of workers wages.
This excludes fuel tax, corporate tax, tax on profits that are not wages, tariffs, et cetera.
I am arguing that the taxation of workers wages and taxation on the income of small business owners (especially service work small businesses) is theft.
When focusing on this specific taxation of workers, then the argument you provided does not apply:
And taxation is moral imperative as well, because unless you tax wealth to prevent people from hoarding wealth for the purpose of eliminating market competition and corrupting the law, you end up in the same situation we are in right now, with a few people so rich they get to govern without any consent of the governed at all.
I believe that argument is wrong, too… but it is helpful to keep the focus on the specific concept of taking the profits of people’s work without their consent.
This is where we may have some common ground.
#taxation #liberty
This excludes fuel tax, corporate tax, tax on profits that are not wages, tariffs, et cetera.
I am arguing that the taxation of workers wages and taxation on the income of small business owners (especially service work small businesses) is theft.
When focusing on this specific taxation of workers, then the argument you provided does not apply:
And taxation is moral imperative as well, because unless you tax wealth to prevent people from hoarding wealth for the purpose of eliminating market competition and corrupting the law, you end up in the same situation we are in right now, with a few people so rich they get to govern without any consent of the governed at all.
I believe that argument is wrong, too… but it is helpful to keep the focus on the specific concept of taking the profits of people’s work without their consent.
This is where we may have some common ground.
#taxation #liberty