Tax the Poor -- Do It for the Children!

Human Events Online ^ | July 5, 2005 | Mac Johnson

[hinterlander]

It can be thought of as a sort of natural law that every government will increase taxation until it hurts. Once the burden of taxation has become sufficiently painful to a sufficient number of people, a tax revolt will begin – either at the ballot box, or at the palace gates-- and taxation will be rolled back to a less painful level, often by a new government.

One way to avoid this danger is for government officials to learn to live with a relatively low tax rate. This option, of course, is similar to the idea that an alcoholic would be OK if he just wouldn’t drink so much. Thus, governments universally have sought means to increase “their” revenue while minimizing the level of pain perceived by victim/citizens. This is an old trick. Mosquitos and leaches, for example, secrete anesthetics in their saliva, so that the people upon whom they feed will feel no pain while taxes are being siphoned.

[Cicero]

Brilliant analysis. The basic point has been made before, but I've never seen it made so well. A must read.

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[ Tax the Poor -- Do It for the Children! ]

LoL... good article.. several points well made..

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