alt Hacker NewsIt’s much easier to tax the general population than businesses, as they don’t push back as much.
It’s the same pattern everywhere around the world (perhaps there are a few exceptions). Businesses can be much more creative with tax evasion as well.
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pixl97 • yesterday at 1:23 PM
Yep, concentration of wealth leads to a smaller group of people that buy their way out of taxation leading to further concentration of wealth and services falling apart for the masses.
JKCalhoun • yesterday at 4:32 PM
Businesses can play the game where they shop around various municipalities and get them in a race-to-the-bottom on tax breaks if they move their business to their community.
> It’s much easier to tax the general population than businesses, as they don’t push back as much.
Businesses don't pay taxes. People do. Every dime that a corporation pays is a reduction of capital returns to shareholders, or a reduction of investment into business activity, both of which are taxed again by the people who ultimately receive the capital.