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.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 hours ago
In the current system, yeah. It’s just extortion of the poor.
Inherently, though, taxes are good. They just need to actually be collected fairly and proportionally, which, again, the current system does not do because it is corrupt.
Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Yeah, I hate the whole “taxation is theft” argument. Motherfucker, taxation is cooperation. I want our roads paved, our children educated, our people healthy, our science interesting and our infrastructure strong. I’m willing to chip in for that.
I do agree with OP though that the current system and government is fucked.
sahin@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Taxes are good, income tax isn’t
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 3 hours ago
What is the difference between income tax and your “wealth” tax?
Is it not just the exact same thing, but applied at a different point in the process?