I like paying taxes. Genuinely. Not grudgingly. I can’t pave a road, I can’t build and staff a hospital. $200 in my pocket won’t pay for my kid’s daycare but if we all pool our money it might. I really wish someone on the left would be brave enough to be like, “Taxes are good, actually.”
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everyting else like fines, are fixed ammounts
only taxes are A PERCENTAGE, meaning rich people pay a BIGGER amount
Government should be run like a family home; maintain it, protect it, add to it when needed, and keep everyone in it safe, fed, and educated.
I am happy there is someone, or groups of someones, who figure this out for me. I hope my money goes where it needs to to better the community.
Good luck telling a corporation to change their ways. Especially if it’s practically the only one in town
Noam Chomsky makes this point, over and over again, and he's an anarchist.
(And id really rather have sales tax but that's a whole other discussion)
Like clean water being sent directly to your home, sewage lines, public roads, electrical infrastructure, safe to eat food, libraries, general infrastructure, etc.
Privatization wants to make these worse and charge even more.
But the affordability angle is getting to be a bigger reason why people hate them, when really taxes make things more affordable.
Property taxes have skyrocketed not because taxes increased, but properties increased in value. And that's because homes are treated as investments.
By treating homes as rights and not investments, property value (and taxes) go down.
But, they have no Sales Tax. Free and excellent public education.
Amazing Public Transportation
Free and amazing Healthcare.
My husband was injured at work. He was taken to the hospital ER in an (cont.)
I’m happy to pay taxes because I love having all the conveniences and protections public goods afford me. I wish we framed government and fiscal policy to school kids this way.
https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2009/02/13/the-case-for-big-government/