Originally posted by: DragonMasterAlex
Orsorum, we call them Venture CAPITALISTS. It sure as hell isn't and never will be the Socialists funding such activity; Socialism is ALL ABOUT the "Stability" of society, and stability is NOT fostered by by new innovations that shake up markets.
In any case, the Flat Tax is the right thing to do because it treats everyone EQUALLY under the law, unlike the current Graduated tax. The question you should be asking isn't whether the $30,000 a year wage EARNER would be able to buy braces or whether the $300,000 a year wage EARNER would be able to buy his daughter a Mercedes. The questions are simply this:
1) Does one man have the right, for ANY reason, to use FORCE to steal the legally owned property of another?
2) Does the $30,000 a year wage earner's NEED give him the RIGHT to steal from the $300,000 a year earner?
Here's how you can support the current tax system:
Anser YES to the questions above.
Jason
BS learn what the "discount rate" means then come talk.
1) Does one man have the right, for ANY reason, to use FORCE to steal the legally owned property of another?
Yes. Because that one man could not have made a dime on the free market without any of the following government supports of the free market which costs MONEY: And you using any of these services without what has been democratically judged you should be paying is theft from the other payees who democratically elected to have these services. Whos the thief?
Printing the very dollar bills with which people trade.
Public roads.
Rural electrification.
Government subsidized telephone wiring.
Satellite communications.
Police protection.
Military protection.
A criminal justice system.
Fire protection.
Paramedic protection.
An educated workforce.
An immunized workforce.
Protection against plagues by the Centers for Disease Control.
Public-funded business loans, foreclosure loans and subsidies.
Protection from business fraud and unfair business practices.
The protection of intellectual property through patents and copyrights.
Student loans.
Government funded research and development.
National Academy of Sciences.
Economic data collected and analyzed by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Prevention of depressions by Keynesian policies at the Fed (successful for six decades now).
Dollars protected from inflation by the Fed.
Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Public libraries.
Cooperative Extension Service (vital for agriculture)
National Biological Service.
National Weather Service
Public job training.
Don't believe me? Move to Angola, a tax free haven, and let me know how you like thier free market. If you survive the first week, take your so called "venture capital" and open a silicon production facility there or a software engineering firm, and see how well you do. Jez you arn't really so simple minded to be an anarchist are you? You are nothing without the collective.
In any case, the Flat Tax is the right thing to do because it treats everyone EQUALLY under the law, unlike the current Graduated tax. The question you should be asking isn't whether the $30,000 a year wage EARNER would be able to buy braces or whether the $300,000 a year wage EARNER would be able to buy his daughter a Mercedes. The questions are simply this:
We don't tax people we tax dollars. Bill Gates and I pay the same tax on every level of dollars we earn. How is this not fair?