Taxation Fairness Debate
Discussions revolve around whether individuals should pay taxes if they don't personally benefit from government services, framing taxes as societal contributions versus direct payments for personal use.
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No, because (again, ideally) those taxes are going to be used to benefit the common good.Trying to get out of paying them would be like saying, "of course I should get help from everyone else for education, housing, infrastructure, etc., but goodness forbid I actually return the favor later on so that others get the same benefit!"Anyway, it's not like such taxes take away so much of your earnings that you're left with a pittance. At some point you have to ask yourself,
Why should I work to pay taxes if I don't benefit from it?
Taxes are for social services and benefit of the public. If you never experience those benefits and never use any social services, why should you be forced to pay those taxes?
No, it is just tax. Tax is part of a person's contribution to society.If you aren't getting much value for your taxes, perhaps elect better people to handle that tax money.
Because taxes aren't a personal payment for government services for yourself. You're paying into a shared fund on a capacity basis so that _everyone_ can have access to those services.
Every one who pays taxes pays for some stuff they donβt like or benefit from.
Why not just pay taxes instead? That's literally paying it back to society.
It sounds like you're in a good spot where the taxes extracted from you go to support a value system that you are in favor of. Given that taxes aren't a choice, and given that value systems vary between people, can you envision a case where somebody with a different value system would be unhappy about where their taxes go?
Don't you feel sometimes that the amount of tax you're paying is not equivalent to what you are getting in return in terms of infrastructure, education or healthcare ?
This is a stupid analogy. People dodging taxes rob from the commons, essentially. If you're not satisfied with what the government does with your taxes and you live in a democratic society, get out and vote, a benefit you enjoy due to your taxes, as well as things like security, a justice system and (depending on your country) an efficient healthcare and welfare system, all paid for by your taxes. Just like a normal government should also spend a significant amount of your money on supporti