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Originally Posted by Apollia  I have a very hard time accepting the existence and supposed necessity of income taxes. I think income taxes are a major reason why I have a hard time getting motivated to make a lot of money.
I think my desire not to have money stolen from me by income taxes and wasted on who knows what useless or harmful nonsense like wars, etc. could be canceling out my desire to be wealthy. |
Guys, why don't you ask your government to finance a welfare state like that of us Europeans? If you paid your Health Care system and your pension with your taxes, you'd pay them gladly. Granted, the system has problems, but at least we don't feel robbed when we pay our taxes.
If you saw something in exchange for your money, as we do, you would pay with another mindset. I don't like what I'll pay this year, but heck, if I needed a liver transplant, the state would pay for it. I may not need it in my whole life, for sure, but in case I got the prize in that bad-luck lottery, I want my back to be covered. Besides, I like it if other people who need a liver are going to get it, even if it costs me. It doesn't really pain me to pay for that.
If I was paying for the Irak war with my taxes, I'd be royally pissed off.
I don't know what Steve can do about that, except help you to make a mind-shift about it. The real solution is demand
something in exchange for your money to your politicians. I know you take care of your own pensions... but maybe you could ask for health care. As long as you pay taxes for nothing, you'll feel your taxes are blatant robbery, for no other reason that they
are a robbery.