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What prompted me to ask my question was an article yesterday, titled Show Me The Law. The article and several comments made much to-do about our taxes not being legal. My question is not whether they are or aren't "legal"-we can always make them one or the other if we chose-but whether we should or shouldn't have them.Here's my proposition: Taxes are not only good, but the amount of them, along with their effective use, is a measure of the success of a society. That is to say, if we had "no income," but only taxes, and everyone was happy about how they were spent, we would have a remarkably successful society. If taxes paid for my rent, food, transportation, clothing, entertainment, recreation, and so on, and I could focus on doing what I do best as my contribution to society, then I wouldn't have to go chasing money, worry about interest and parasite bankers, corporations, rip-off artists of every stripe, wealthy assholes, and so on.
If the taxes on my work were effectively spent, I would not have to see SUVs, suffer from F450s blowing exhaust at me, read or think about or experience anguish from the Iraq War, worry about my kids going to college, concern myself with global warming or any other environmental ill, and so on. I would not need to be concerned about the future of the human race, because the effective organization of society and the sum total of human effort would be for the good. We would be limiting our population growth, educating our young, respecting and protecting nature, turning swords into plowshares, exploring space through a concerted global effort, and generally eliminating the pain and suffering of our species.
That's my political thought for this morning. Flame me here:
