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tossandthrowtoday at 4:01 PM1 replyview on HN

It is easy to excuse paying taxes.

The issue that that taxes fundamentally bind two moralities: and individual and social one.

Societies generally thrive better when there is a certain level of equality. Not a hundred percent, but enough for social mobility and for people to be aspirational.

No or low taxes remove that opportunity. It bears people from taking an education and forces them in poverty.


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ralph84today at 4:09 PM

Progressive taxation on income is specifically designed to prevent upward mobility from working.

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