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  • zxqwas@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Tax. Noone wants their money to be taken away. But it’s probably a good idea to have at least some government funded stuff.

    • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zip
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      8 months ago

      I mean, corrupted administration aside, is it really even “evil” to fund a institution that forsee the development of your surrounding? If anything it’s simply quid pro quo, and people who generally against any taxation is always fishy to me.

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        8 months ago

        It’s evil to take someones money. It’s necessary because it funds the surrounding. A necessary evil, as op asked for.

        • inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          It’s evil to take someones money.

          Except when you are buying things? Look at it as living in society with roads, fire fighters and clean water requires a purchase.

          There is nothing morally wrong with paying people who provide a service.

        • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zip
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          8 months ago

          It is only if it’s taken without something in return though, akin to stealing or robbing, else taking someones money in return for a service or goods would count as evil. Taxation always come with expectation of something in return, it’s in some way similar to paying for service.

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      For the general masses that lack fucking brain cells. Some people actually comprehend the value of society and central public resources and WANT their money collectively put to good use.

      • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
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        8 months ago

        Polarization is causing a lot of people to doubt that the collective money actually will be put to good use. In a lot of places (like my country, Israel) they’re damn right, it’s not.

      • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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        8 months ago

        That’s conservatives for you, whine about taxes but are total welfare queens. They don’t see having no income taxes in their states harm them, no schools no physicians.