24th January 2006, 5:57 PM
http://gamepolitics.livejournal.com/183912.html
Among other things.
This fellow wants to eliminate the property tax (the idea being a sound one I suppose, to encourage land ownership). Of course, the government needs a means of supporting it's own existance, so where to get replacement funds? Of course, tax the things "we" don't want while not taxing things "we" do want.
I believe his decisions on what "we" think are unwanted are a little arbitrary, however I must add that there's the whole issue as to whether this would actually benefit the state. Unfortunatly I can't really think of a logical reason why it wouldn't if the decided "unwanted" things to be taxed were agreed upon by the public and didn't infringe on the rights of the minority in the process. Still, something seems "off". Is it just in my head or is there a good logical reason why I should be against/for this sort of thing (in concept rather than execution)?
Among other things.
This fellow wants to eliminate the property tax (the idea being a sound one I suppose, to encourage land ownership). Of course, the government needs a means of supporting it's own existance, so where to get replacement funds? Of course, tax the things "we" don't want while not taxing things "we" do want.
I believe his decisions on what "we" think are unwanted are a little arbitrary, however I must add that there's the whole issue as to whether this would actually benefit the state. Unfortunatly I can't really think of a logical reason why it wouldn't if the decided "unwanted" things to be taxed were agreed upon by the public and didn't infringe on the rights of the minority in the process. Still, something seems "off". Is it just in my head or is there a good logical reason why I should be against/for this sort of thing (in concept rather than execution)?
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)