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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
My personal belief is that the people responsible for creating taxes should be of the opinion that all taxes are evil. I'm not saying that they are, but too many people think that they're good, rather than just a tool.
In my ideal world there would be no taxes. Impossible? Of course. Government has no means to generate revenue, so if we want roads, police etc. we need taxes. If people were perfect we wouldn't need governments, but people aren't perfect, so we have governments and we have taxes.
But at the same time you mock the idea of lower taxes fixing things, I don't see you addressing the opposite. Are you saying that higher taxes can fix everything? If that's the case then shouldn't you be advocating 100% of everything we make going to the government, and then the wonderful people we elect can decide how much we need to live on?
I see you mocking one side, but ignoring the problems of your own. It's an all-too-common idea around here: "I'm right and you're stupid."
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First I don't see myself to be right nor you to be stupid. What I write is my opinion and does
not assume other posters to be mentally retarded idiots.
I don't mean that higher taxes fixes everything - you can raise taxes to 100% and still I wouldn't be surprised find out that government is forced to take loan to cover expenses. This is because politicians always try to give everyone everything to get as much votes as possible which is expensive. Problem would also be that there would be no point for private business to have factory or other profit making activity in country where government would take all profit and leave expenses to company.
Reason for my question was that I just don't get it why for some "lower taxes" seems to be magic wand which fixes everything from economy to your aunt's marriage or your dog's diarrhea. Economy does not revolve around taxes only. For corporations lower taxes are ofcourse nice benefit but they are not only factor considered when they decide where to place their new shiny factory will be placed. Other important factors are costs from employees like wages & social security expenses and materiel availability & cost to mention few examples.
In media (atleast when watching from here Europe) taxes seem to play very large part in American policy discussion although it is just one part of package to consider if your country wants to remain competitive (which I assume to be goal).
I'm not perfect and I don't say that I'm absolutely correct in this. If I'm wrong then I'm happy to get constructive feedback. Btw what you mean with "my problem"?