i’ve encountered this line of thought a few times in the last couple months: " Increase in unions, increase of government regulations on businesses, a higher corporate tax rate, higher taxes on the rich, a GI Bill, an increased emphasis on educating youth (to complete in the Cold War). These change…

Well, it’s not even true. For instance Scandinavian countries don’t have high corporate taxes. They have rather low corporate taxes and high personal income taxes. So if the argument is, “it works in Sweden”, that’s just not what Sweden does. – emperor nero true, in addition, sweden has signific…

And if your now going to proceed by defending taxation in a liberal democracy than you’ll kindly walk away from this anti-tax thread as this is clearly no place for you! :slight_smile: – filc The USA is stronger when it is united, meaning that a balkanization of the current union represents a sur…

9 US states had a higher per capita GDP than Sweden in 2006. And even that’s misleadng because government spending makes GDP look big for the same standard of living. Other Skandinavian countries have higher GDP than most US states, but they got oil. Are those statistics true, or do you just thin…

I’ve been to Norway and I was shocked how expensive fuel was there. Much more expensive than it is here in Brazil, and what we have here is already more expensive than the american prices.

A thief employs checks and balances to ensure he doens’t steal? Aside from that point, you are pro-taxation. So what are you doing here on an anti-tax thread?

Oh I am trolling him! :slight_smile:

No I mean the socialists who argue like that.

A thief employs checks and balances to ensure he doens’t steal? Aside from that point, you are pro-taxation. So what are you doing here on an anti-tax thread?-- filc our founding fathers had it right. In contrast, to anarchists who allow the elements of coercion (private defense agencies) to fun…

if you want to see an example of trollish behavior examine any of the threads I have started: [image] Why coercion is an essential and beneficial element of maximal-capitalist society. Political Theory the utility of coercion to achieve positive societal chan…

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