Regressive tax structures are not productive...you'll end up with everyone working for the government and nobody actually producing goods and services.
I don't mind paying for, say, socialized medicine, instead of or in addition to the pathetic american insurance system, but the real question is, how are those taxes levied?
As I said, the connection between payment and receipt of services isn't clear. All you have to do is *ask* the question you just did, regardless of what the answer is, and you create fear, uncertainty and doubt.
By the way, your logic at the beginning is circular. If the government provides goods and services, there's nothing wrong with everyone working for them. Not that I think that's a great idea, but that's not the way to argue against it effectively.
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Date: 2007-07-18 06:21 pm (UTC)I don't mind paying for, say, socialized medicine, instead of or in addition to the pathetic american insurance system, but the real question is, how are those taxes levied?
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Date: 2007-07-18 06:52 pm (UTC)By the way, your logic at the beginning is circular. If the government provides goods and services, there's nothing wrong with everyone working for them. Not that I think that's a great idea, but that's not the way to argue against it effectively.