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Gabital - Fantasy Capitalism 101: #24 Taxes
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Taxes are compulsory payments levied on businesses and individuals by the state to finance its functions.
Being freelance made me hate taxes like a libertarian except I only hate them because the right is slashing public services and increasing police budgets and because I know billionaires pay less than me
I think there’s also something to be said about taxes and regulations being so complicated that you need to either be able to pay someone to do it for you or you need to be privileged enough to have learned tricks that are not easily available otherwise. To me it always seemed intended.