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Originally posted by sgtclub
The point is not the amount. It is the principle of a majority making decisions concerning the property of the minority. I know most of you think I'm a whack job on taxes, but please tell me how this is morally defensible. Most defences I've heard relate to the fact that the minority gets more benefit from the system, but I don't think this really withstands scrutiny if you attempt to quantify the benefits.
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So are you against all taxes? Or just anything that goes past a flat tax? Are you against other instances in which the majority enacts rules that affect the minority? Against regulation of businesses? Criminal penalties?
As for the "more benefit" argument, the greater income alone is reflective of that benefit. Could you make your above-average salary without a government?
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As to how this plays vis a vis the deficet Kerry also suggested additional cuts for the 98%, as well as some additional cuts for business. At the same time, he has proposed, according to the WSJ article, a couple of trillion in new spending.
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Was that a WSJ article, or an editorial? The latter is pretty suspect, especially if it asserts "a couple of trillion" in new spending.
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