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The main purpose of taxation is redistribution of wealth, to take resources from those who have the most, and give them to those who have the least. I completely support this, and we need to be much better at doing it. When tax is unfair is when it is charged at a flat rate, regardless of ability to pay - taxation should not only be at percentage of income, but those with higher income should pay a higher percentage.
The thing I dislike is flat taxation, and the very wealthy (including corporations) being able to dodge paying tax, these tax criminals need to be persecuted, the loopholes closed, their property confiscated and used to fund the social fund. I would also support cutting military spending to a third or its current rate, and funding a full and complete welfare and national health system, public housing, eliminating homelessness, hunger, and avoidable sickness completely.
As a civilised society, we have a requirement to create a basic standard of living which people are not allowed to fall below. I am interested in the views who say they do not want ANY of their taxation to go to "hand outs" to people who do not have enough.
Should the elderly be left to die when they can no longer work to support themselves?
Do we want to live in a society where the children of those who cannot get work die of starvation or malnutrion? (there are societies in the world where this happens, but do we want America to have the same level of social welfare support as Malawi or Ethiopia?)
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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."
The Gospel of Thomas
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