If taxation is merely a device for wealth redistribution for upper or lower classes with a plunderous intention Than taxation is a negative ....some taxes are just for agreeable actions for solutions too just problems Not too build 4 lane roads in every direction in certain mountainy states with alot of coal or too build a infamous bridge too an nonsensical location Pillage an plunder have begat the current state of affairs with our taxation scheme If your on the plunder side your behoved too gain the system an invent new schemes And if your on the lower side of the plunder you wish for the flow of wealth too remain constant While if your the plundered it is dihchotomy of existence to understand the motive for the continued subservience The more complexed a societies laws and codes become the more corrupt the system will become
I don't believe that the government does or should own the people. I believe that democratic governments only own what the people decide they own, and I don't think the people of the U.S. have decided that the government owns the people, but I would say that they have and rightfully so decided that the government should own the land and the resource, or at least have partial ownership. BTW, if not the people or the government, then who is to say who owns what? The government is what defines and protects private ownership of property. Also, what is society exactly? If your 'belongings' belong to society, does that mean that they also at least in part belong to you as well, assuming you are a part of society. And if you aren't a part of society, then where is your right to own that property coming from?? -Meta
