@Cernovich What keeps people living in a place is what the place has to offer. Founders of Cursor wonโt move if they love where theyโre from. Unless taxes drive them away of course. Government action always has unintended consequences- but letโs just look one level deep and lick the boot.
Tax is theft by force by a monopoly wrapped in sweet platitudes, which over time decay into deception, abuse, and outright fraud. Those who control it want ever more and use this to divide us against one another. Limited government can be funded other ways.
The problem with the welfare state and its confiscatory taxation system is that there are ZERO repercussions if politicians steal your money "legally" and squander it accordingly. Any system that decouples the natural link between causes and effects will lead to disaster. This is why what starts off as a small temporary levying of taxes more than 100 years ago becomes the tax code that we see today. Politicians do not view an individual's hard-earned money as theirs to keep. Rather they view your money as something that they allow you to keep a small portion of. Accordingly, you should be "thankful" that the government allows you to keep any of your money. This "proves" that they are kind and empathetic. It is a complete moral inversion of personal agency, liberty, and freedom. No system should take so much taxes from you that it forces you to work 10 extra years to make up for what was taken from you.
@GadSaad The root cause you identify is simply human nature. The fundamental problem is different. Namely, using force to take property away from groups of people. This is theft. Even if intended for โthe greater goodโ, which we agree ultimately fails because of human nature.
@sylvainfaust@GadSaad I was with you when you said none and then you advocated for other taxes. How about real none. All taxes are absurd they are all theft.