the country which does not invest in taxation has the best quality life — javi2541997

there is a wealth tax — T Clark

Taxes are necessary for government and society to function... in the States anyway. Best thought of as user fees. — creativesoul

All that I can say is that to oppose taxes seems to be irrational. What happens to all the tax revenue a government accumulates? It goes into essentials such as infrastructure development, maintenance, revamping, paying government employees, financing activities of national importance and so on. — TheMadFool

Capital gains tax is terrible and disincentivizes investing — BitconnectCarlos

It is legal robbery, plain and simple. — NOS4A2

Who pays for infrastructure and services in your community?

Prices in the U.S. were cheaper on January 1, 1900 then they were on January 1, 1800. — synthesis

And how are they robbed? Nor this is not a question of whether or not some people are robbed - maybe some have been. But how is an assessment for benefits provided a robbery?

And how are they robbed? — tim wood

Not to say that I don't pay taxes but I have no clue about taxes by which I mean I haven't read up on the rationale of taxation as a government policy. — TheMadFool

All that I can say is that to oppose taxes seems to be irrational. What happens to all the tax revenue a government accumulates? It goes into essentials such as infrastructure development, maintenance, revamping, paying government employees, financing activities of national importance and so on. In other words, taxes are spent on the taxpayers and the "best" part is the tax-funded projects outlined above not only benefit the individual but also society as a whole and that too for generations to come. — TheMadFool

As you can see literally the country which does not invest in taxation has the best quality life system ($86.000 per capita is quite a lot and 2nd place HDI). So what is happening here? — javi2541997

It is legal robbery, plain and simple. — NOS4A2

You do understand that capital gains are a kind of income, yes? You do understand that infrastructure and services cost money, yes? And you do understand that taxes, however structured, are simply an attempt at an equitable distribution of cost? Except in the US, and resurgent with Reagan and since, that strategies to enact laws to enrich the rich and make them richer have been the business of the rich at which they've been successful to a degree that Louis XIV would envy. But (if I've got my Louis right) they are close to his fate. Though they may not ride the tumbril, their excesses may yet encompass their entire destruction. Those rich who are smart say, "We should pay more taxes." The likes of Buffet and Gates already self-tax in their forms of charity. But too many of the rest possess no such wisdom or civic good sense. For them, wealth tax, as much as necessary. And capital gains and inheritance as well. No reasonable person could object, and the unreasonable have held sway for too long, and at a cost too great. — tim wood

Each of you, try to identify something, anything in your lives that you want, need, or benefit from, that government, i.e., taxes, have had nothing to do with. I will be surprised if you can come up with even one single thing.

Who should pay for street lights when anybody can freely benefit from them?

Those who want to do so voluntarily. — NOS4A2

Each of you, try to identify something, anything in your lives that you want, need, or benefit from, that government, i.e., taxes, have had nothing to do with. I will be surprised if you can come up with even one single thing. — tim wood