Downtime

Well, here we are again. Thanksgiving day is over, the kids have all gone home, and so have those members of the extended family that had to come some distance to be with us.  M&M couldn't be with us, and we missed them.

Taxation... again...

Here's a thought...

In my previous blog, I mentioned that the philosophy behind the progressive tax is that those who receive the most benefit from the protections of our society should pay the lion's share for those benefits. I still believe that this is a valid approach to taxation. The problem is: how do you effectively implement it?

Taxation

Any way you look at it, taxes are functionally the same as protection racket payments. When you pay taxes, you are paying someone else to protect your assets. When you pay the "Mob", you pay to protect your assets from the "Mob" and its competitors. When you pay the government, you pay to protect them from a larger variety of hazards, including those same criminals, as well as natural and man-made disasters, and ignorance, just to name a few.