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wryme · 4800 days ago · link · · parent · post: Elizabeth Warren Quote about the Social Contract Implied in Success
"Taxes largely don't go to better society. They go to fund wars, bureaucracies, and into corporate welfare programs - all things which are actively making the world worse."
I don't really have anything substantial to add here; I just wanted to emphasize this point. It is common knowledge that a pathetically small fraction of government money funds education or infrastructure, especially when compared to the amount spent on military. With this understood, I find it unjustifiable to advocate a tax code which aims to funnel even more money (and thus, power) into a system which works against common interest. That said, this whole arguments rests on the premise that a money market economy is necessary or desirable. I disagree with that premise, but that is another argument entirely.