Message from @diversity_is_racism
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AND GOVERNMENT OF COURSE 😃
what would replace income tax to pay for vital services? or should vital services be delivered a different way
WHAT VITAL SERVICES?
GOVERNMENT WOULD PAY FOR MILITARY, MAYBE SOME ROADS
ALSO
THERE IS CORPORATE TAX
KEEP IN MIND OUR BUDGET WOULD BE 40% OF WHAT IT IS NOW
for instance emergency services which rely on integration to be as effective as they are
THOSE ARE LOCAL
REMOVE PUBLIC SCHOOL AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF FUNDS
FROM SALES TAX
OR EVEN LOCAL CORPORATE TAXES
Schools tax the fuck out of me. I've not had kids attend in quite some time.
what about for larger scale emergencies like brush fires?
which tend to involve specialist equipment which is generally prohibitively expensive
some local communities by consequences of their demographics wouldn't be able to pay for stuff like that
definitely rezoning/gerrymandering/whatever could make it easier, but that problem will probably still exist somewhere
i'm not trying to poke holes in any beliefs, just trying to understand your notion of how a society with smaller government would operate
The only case I see somewhat viable for an income tax *may* be for military, border sec, etc. Even that is iffy.
Taxing individual income is silly.
Most local problems could be resolved locally.
EXPENSIVE AND USELESS, PLUS PROPAGANDA
I AGREE: LOCAL RESOLUTIONS ARE BETTER
IF LOCAL COMMUNITIES CANNOT COOPERATE, THEN PERHAPS IT IS NATURAL SELECTION
@profagonist I WOULD HAVE A SOCIETY WITH NO GOVERNMENT
ARISTOCRACY FOR LEADERSHIP
CULTURE FOR DAY TO DAY
EVERYTHING ELSE LOCAL, LIKE POLICE
PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO REACH VOLUNTARY STANDARDS
@MRB AGREED ON INCOME TAX. I FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT PROPERTY TAX.
hey fair enough but i don't think most people want to be a part of natural selection anymore and thus would take some convincing or coercing
IN THEORY, CORPORATE TAX ONLY
OR SOMETHING LIKE A VAT
Apparently income tax was 47% of total tax revenue in 2015
I.E. TAX HIGHER AT CONSUMER END
@profagonist SOUNDS RIGHT
So if the budget was balanced and then shrunk to 40% you'd be on track
@diversity_is_racism Property tax is rent paid to the gov for something we supposedly own. I see it as remnants of a feudal system paid to a manor lord.
@profagonist COINCIDENTALLY, ENTITLEMENTS ARE ABOUT 60% OF THE BUDGET
@MRB I AM PRO-FEUDALISM, BUT IT IS A CASTE SYSTEM, SO HARD TO COMPARE TO PRESENT