You'd be interesting to listen to over a few drinks. Betcha I'd learn a lot.
That's quite a stretch. By my logic you sound like an entitled crybaby who doesn't want to pay for his lunch.
Could you please elaborate on why it would be wrong of me to take your money, cut myself off a little administration fee, and then spend that money on goods or services that I think you need?
Every position has a top out point for compensation. The economy just went through a major adjustment but it seems to have hit a level point. I feel like raise expectations need to be adjusted back to normal COL increases or even pay freezes vs retain at all cost. I understand it's another unpopular opinion but deflation is likely to creep in at some point as demand returns to normal. That was the crux of my initial question and am trying to sort out how we need to handle this going forward with all of these things taken into consideration. The industry as a whole is shifting towards more automation and less manual labor which can make constantly increasing labor costs untenable.
because you as an individual are not sanctioned by the constitution to collect taxes, set taxes or steal money. The government is.
Ah, I see. Okay, so we aren't talking about services or me using the roads or anything else. The actual reason why government officials are allowed to reach into your pocket and take your money is because a small group of elite men wrote stuff on a piece of paper over 200 years ago.
Your arguments are getting lamer.
But... I mean, you have power right now, right? Transmission lines are paid for and maintained by taxes. And you're on the interweb? Well golly gee, same deal there. Did you drive to work? On a road? Built and maintained by private individuals I'm sure.
And you're not making any arguments. You're also letting other people answer questions for you. I'll ask you again.
How would you propose services for the common good of society get paid? things like roads, education, social safety nets etc. As someone else posted, there are countries that do not impose taxes on their people, but I'm willing to bet you wouldn't want to move to any of them. Now government waste is a different issue, i think everyone can agree that too much money is spent on things that don't benefit the people, but the price of living in a civilized society is that everyone has to pay taxes.
No, although it is a good idea not to answer police questions. But, no, this is about me recognizing that the government takes a huge bite out of each and every paycheck that I earn and wastes most of it on dumb stuff. I don't like being compelled to pay for wars I don't agree with, laws I don't agree with, services I don't use, foreign aid to other countries, the bloated military industrial complex, everything else I never had a say in and to line the pockets of government employees who are essentially parasites. I am not an anarchist; I do believe that there is an essential role for the state, but I believe that we could easily cut 70% of the government's budget, eliminate 80% of the departments and employees and bring taxes down for everyone.
Make most of them private institutions. Anyone who wants to benefit from them can pay for them, those who don't shouldn't be forced to.
Why does the government have the audacity to charge their administration fees? Who made them King of the hill?
Where you're born is luck of the draw and that determines whose system you are forced to follow. It is what it is.
Retards.
Ah, I believe you've just hit the key word against which your founding fathers fought against.
