Taxes are also payments for services supplied. Welfare, education, health, law and order, defence etc. Social amenities, without which our society would be unrecognisable. Perhaps less direct than what some of your rates pay for, but still service. I think this is where a great deal of society's ills arise - tax is seen as an evil to be …
Taxes are also payments for services supplied. Welfare, education, health, law and order, defence etc. Social amenities, without which our society would be unrecognisable. Perhaps less direct than what some of your rates pay for, but still service. I think this is where a great deal of society's ills arise - tax is seen as an evil to be minimised or avoided, not a contribution to society that benefits us all. We get to vote every 3 years on how we want that benefit to look and feel on the ground.
Taxes are also payments for services supplied. Welfare, education, health, law and order, defence etc. Social amenities, without which our society would be unrecognisable. Perhaps less direct than what some of your rates pay for, but still service. I think this is where a great deal of society's ills arise - tax is seen as an evil to be minimised or avoided, not a contribution to society that benefits us all. We get to vote every 3 years on how we want that benefit to look and feel on the ground.