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Originally Posted by Baltar  Taxes are a necessary evil for civilization to function. However, how much tax is necessary and what it's used for is a debatable issue. According to this website, about half of US income tax is being spent on military expenses. Is this really necessary? Who exactly is going to invade this country in the next 50 years? There hasn't been a superpower around that can match the US since the breakup of the Soviet Union. The Iraq war is a total waste of resources and lives. Our tax money is being used to "police the world" (and that phrase is actually a sugar coating for "change things around for the benefit of the US"). So in that sense, taxes can be a terrible thing since they can get misused by those in power. |
We in Sweden also ask ourselves how much tax is nessesary, but not like you in USA. The income tax is 33% and all things you buy have tax on them, some as high as 25% or more. And we think that all money is spent on bureacracy and other useless things. But I would not like to live in a country were the tax is down to 3% and no healthcare system is really working for people without insurances to cover up. I think it is a human right to get the health care you need without being affraid of the cost.
Just a tiny little thought on taxes for you Americans to consider next time you blame all bad things on taxes.
Love Leelene