Nobody said "no" to taxes. Fair taxes are necessary. FAIR TAXES. Not 45% taxes on something that already paid taxes several times (income, property, VAT, etc). That's robbery.
Agreed with you! A progressive tax (the more you earn, the higher % you get taxed) makes sense as a fair thing to me.
Where I am from, it's 52%, and that's a reasonable price to pay for having bike paths, greening, parks, good roads, affordable public transport, great public schools, and paid time off and maternity/paternity leave.
Once there was a strike of the public sanitation workers in my city due to their low wages. You know what happened? In 2 weeks it changed from a beautiful place to live to a cesspool. Don't know about you but I was happy to spend some of my $$ so I didn't have to fight rats, rabid dogs and mountains of garbage to take my kids from school.
As a matter of fact, once somebody reaches a certain amount of wealth, I'd be very much in favor that it should be 70%, 80%, 90% and 99%. And, of course, then you get the prize "you won capitalism, now relax".
No, that's not how any of this works.
https://scienceexchange.caltech.edu/topics/voting-elections/...
Politicians' campaigns are usually funded by large corporations and individual donors, not by public money.
> Not so long ago, people paid the tithe (10%) and if any lord,
The current right wing governments are trying to bring us to that time, it seems.
> There's many countries in the world with smaller taxes and still great service
Name a couple.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/standard-...
Luxembourg - 42%
Netherlands - 49%
Denmark - 42%
Should I go on?