(09-29-2020, 06:37 PM)mikesez Wrote: You will never mature as a citizen as long as you keep calling taxes penalties.
A penalty is something the government charges you with for your specific situation because you specifically did something wrong, like when I made a mistake on my taxes.
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A wealth tax is a penalty.  You are taxed because someone thinks that you have "too much".

Taxing a higher wage earner is a penalty because someone thinks that you earn "too much".

The death tax is a penalty because someone thinks that you saved "too much" to pass down to your heirs.

Those penalties are often justified by leftists like you because a person that has or earns over a certain amount is "too much" and "they don't need it".

If I worked and saved all of my life and earned say $20 million that I want to leave to my children.  Why is the government justified in taking almost half of that?  It's a penalty because I worked for and saved "too much".

When you finally mature you might realize that taxes have essentially become a penalty for quite a few people.  I personally earn a pretty good salary, have done so for a good portion of my life (after my military career).  I am penalized for what I earn every year and most times have to write a check for the government penalizing me more, yet my own children who earn less than me get a tax "refund" every year.

Taxes are a necessity, but when they are unfair (as the current system is) they become a penalty.

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