Thread: Taxes?

Originally Posted by billyjeff2

Why tax the wage earner but not the inheritor?

That's unfair to the wage earner. Better to tax neither

Well, for the government to function it needs to either collect money from the citizens, or/and pillage foreign countries. The way I see it is that no matter what tax code system you have if it's left long enough in place the economy will readjust itself to match it.
I find the viewpoint "it's my money, keep your hand out of it" rather silly. I would speculate the government will stop collecting taxes at all and collect revenue by some other means some salaries will increase, others will decrease, and the net result may be pretty much the same. Or if it's not the same, after the readjustment you really have no idea whether you'll come ahead or not.
Under this hypothesis, certainly no reason not to choose the simplest solution. The only problem is transitions can be much worse than the initial or the final state...

Originally Posted by gugi

I find the viewpoint "it's my money, keep your hand out of it" rather silly.

Well then send it to me, I'll govern your life for you if it makes you feel better