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In reply to the discussion: Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society. [View all]TBF
(31,921 posts)4. Exactly, and it means everyone lives a more
sophisticated lifestyle (more amenities and opportunities) rather than just a few who have squandered all the wealth and keep it in just a few families.
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How about requiring they pay what they can afford. Just like the rest of us.
The Wielding Truth
Jun 2012
#3
In our case, Taxes are the price we pay for corrupt politicians, criminal corporations, and wars.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2012
#5
Look at everything you own, watch, or read and ask yourself when the person responsible for that had
dkf
Jun 2012
#10
Their drive to make a profit makes my life better. It gets me access to things I enjoy.
dkf
Jun 2012
#18
Very eloquent. In the past, that was true. But currently when the super-rich can increase their
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2012
#23
Exactly, higher tax rates on the rich => more spending and more investment in...
CJCRANE
Jun 2012
#19
Society and infrastructure = the ability to create economic activity. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Jun 2012
#13
Taxes are the price we pay for strip searches at the airport and predator drones in Afghanistan. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Jun 2012
#12