Severian argues that a high tax regime isn’t just about the money.
Taxes have an effect, and it isn’t an accidental side-effect, it’s an ulterior but central purpose: To weaken and distort the messages that bind civilization together, that keep it functioning.
Civilization is made up of very few of these messages: “It is wrong to kill or hurt other peopleâ€; “If someone has something you want, you need to acquire consent from them before you take it and that usually means paying for itâ€; “If you help me get things done I want to get done, I will give you this money.†Liberals and democrats want taxes higher, higher, higher, all the time and they don’t have a set amount in mind, nor do they want to pay for “police, fire departments and park benchesâ€; they just want the taxes to be high, so they can attack that 3rd message that keeps civilization working and functional. Ideally, for them, the tax rate would be 100% and we’d all be fed & sheltered by living on the dole. Then, dependency on the state would also be 100%. Then they’d reach the “fun part†— they tell the rest of us what to do, and we go do it. …
Yes, taxes are required to keep civilization working.
Higher taxes bring civilization to a stop. They’re supposed to do this. They remove the ability, as well as the incentive, for children to grow into strong, complete, capable adults. They’re supposed to do that, too. Minimal taxes are a lubricant. Higher taxes are a solvent.
Remember this next time you hear someone monologue away about the evils of a tax cut.
Morgan K Freeberg
That was actually me, but thanks for the link!
Seattle Sam
Tax cuts ARE evil if you assume that all wealth belongs to the government. Then the argument is reduced to who gets to claim government’s money — The Poor, The Middle Class, The Rich.
Severian
FYI not my post – I just commented on it.
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