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Originally posted by Strange Famous
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.
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Why? Is it fair for those who have earned more (through either hard work or good fortune) to have what they've earned taken away forcibly and given to someone who can't--or won't--earn it themselves? Does poverty or inability somehow make you a more deserving person? Does success make you less so?
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