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Income Tax Is Theft (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by sahin@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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So, I work hard, my ass off, 5 days a week, 11 months a year, and I pay 1/3 or 1/4th of it so that pidophiles dont pay taxes.
Income tax, VAT, property selling tax are all theft. There is no logic behind it.
The taxes that should exist is: Wealth tax, nature tax for the businesses that damage nature, and that is it. And no tax should be over 5%.
Wealth tax: 0%, income tax: 30% this is unacceptable. You either pay no taxes or you pay everything as tax.

I actually calculated it, and yearly 2.5% of wealth tax should be enough. And also, countries have a lot of resources, that also can help their budget, like mines or rented lands that are owned by government etc.

If we taxed wealth, not work, we could buy our houses way easier, we could buy land way easier, we could find a job way easier because we are not gonna pay income and vat, businesses will be able to hire people freely, and everybody can own a business easily. Nowadays, if you are poor it is so hard to create a business. You have a lot of expenses.

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[–] GreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson@piefed.social -1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Actually no that is not healthy for any group of people, the goal should be raise all people’s resources, not just a few or some & not just money, & that is what income tax is supposed to do. If you are in a Political Left society, over a Capitalist or Feudalist (which we are now moving into) society.

[–] CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I don’t think my view of economics distinguishes between increasing all people’s incomes and raising all people’s resources, excepting scenarios where we have all things in common (which I am broadly amenable to, but there are logistical problems that remain to be solved).

[–] GreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson@piefed.social 1 points 9 hours ago

This for all repliers & OP who think taking away The Wealth Tax is good idea that benefits all people. If you are for taking away Wealth Taxing, which was created to even out resources available for each economic classes, than you for leaving money & resources in the hands of Rich-Super Rich Economic Classes/Owners. Which even at 90+% taxing (with no loopholes) of their wealths, they would still have enough to easy be rich. Plus the non-Rich-Super Rich Economic Classes/Owners would have programs that increase their money & resources removed & thus drastically continuing negatively affect their lives. I & the rest of the unemployed & poor people do not have enough income to be effected, thus no we will not taxed by 30% or any percentage. Yes, the employees, non-poor & non-Rich-Super Rich Economic Classes/Owners pay taxes, but they do not have enough wealths to pay wealth tax, too higher, but is because theRich-Super Rich Economic Classes/Owners pay so little in taxes. & you on top that want to take away wealths taxes that you qualify to pay.