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Re: Reason we pay taxes and why we should
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tee-rex
on 02/06/2018, 21:06:46 UTC
And now on the subject, I think a lot of people are having the wrong idea about it.
Rather than being openly against taxes and avoid paying them, why not concentrate the effort on electing a parliament and indirectly a government that will not play around with our money?

My colleagues at work are one hell of an example, every coffee break they criticize the government, the mayor, the local council, but less than 1/4 have voted in the elections...

I don't think that you can change human nature. I mean whatever government you choose, they will all sooner or later start to "play around with our money". But if you can control the government somehow and not let them play with your money, then it doesn't matter whom you choose as long as your choice is rational, which is assumed as well given you can control that government in the first place.

Regarding elections, it also depends. If elections are used as a means to legitimize the rogue government, then it makes no sense to vote. In other words, no matter how you vote, your vote will be counted as required. The elections should be for real to make sense.