Preserve the status quo at all costs.
Is there a term for that?
Is there a term for that?
It shouldn’t be taken for granted, of course. And we should aspire to make it easier for good new ideas to take hold.
This is a disingenuous red herring.
It's one thing to claim that some amount of taxes to finance public spending can be benefitial to society.
It's an entirely different thing to claim that taxing remote work brings any benefit to society.
True -- which explains why the following rhetorical question is indeed a RED HERRING.
> Examples of large, modern societies flourishing without the use of taxation?
No one has suggested zero taxation anywhere in the thread that I can find...
I mean, there's already a progressive income tax. Why should society create incentives to commute to work?
I would gladly contribute a larger share of my income as taxes to ensure my community doesn't suffer, provided it was distributed equitably (which is a whole other complicated discussion.)
I would too, which is why I vote with my wallet and buy local, even at a premium, whenever I can.
However, income tax is the exact opposite of helping out the community, as it's designed to fatten up the central government's revenue which is then used up to feed the state's current expenditure.
This is not a true statement.