808 sats \ 2 replies \ @TheBTCManual 6 Sep 2023 \ on: Which type of taxation is best? meta
I feel like the term tax triggers me, it doesn't feel like it is a fair market rate bill, I am happy to pay for services, water, electricity, roads, security, internet, etc, and get what I pay for, not be dictated how much I should pay based on someones need to rentseek off infrastructure and services they don't maintain, improve or have the incentive to drive down cost.
If you need money for something larger sell bonds, let me decide if I want to fund it or not and see if there is public appetite for the project or F off
Why I am on the no-tax side is because its a slippery slope, the idea of taking money from others for promises is intoxicating and feeds the parasites and if they can get one they will continue to push to increase it or look for new ways to tax and we end up back where we are now.
Yeah, but think about how you are able to generate money.
You are using the community (country, state, etc) services either directly or indirectly to be able to charge for the value you are providing.
You can't just charge someone in a vacuum, you need infrastructure to operate, and you need customers that are using that infrastructure as well.
I see taxes as basically a membership fee for having access to all public goods and the people on it that are willing to pay for goods and services.
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Big cities I get are never going to change, and taxes just make the collection easier when you're threatening people because the population is too large to deal with
I see this more as a small town thing, and maybe it pushes for decentralisation because people would get a better deal/value for money. A local municipality is just another business in name only, they can charge a fee for that and if they need additional capital municple bonds are an option and you motivate for why you need the capital and get the community on board
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