Every time I argue against taxes on HN I'm told that my view is wrong and that if we try it just one more time it'll definitely work this time.
Taxes are a necessary evil for society and order. The USA tried to have zero ability to tax the states/people and that only lasted about 10 years before that national government failed and they tried another constitution with more national government powers.
You aren’t arguing “against taxes”, you just have a different opinion on the taxation regime and the coefficients. The sooner you recognize that, the faster your discussions with other humans might actually yield productive results.
(which is why many of EU's rich are domiciled there, which also means they're not counted in the EU's GINI coefficient. Almost no US citizens do the same, because of how the tax system works)
This provides an overview [1]
For 2026 "The UAE's tax system is getting stricter. Not in rates. In enforcement." [2]
[0] https://mof.gov.ae/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Federal-Decree...
[1] https://mof.gov.ae/en/public-finance/tax/corporate-tax/
[2] https://www.kayrouzandassociates.com/insights/uae-tax-change...
No, the EU rich very much physically stayed inside the EU, fully enjoying the benefits of those countries without paying tax.
Doesn't work for US citizens because global income is taxed in the US.
So who pays for these? What you are suggesting is government subsidies of companies. This sounds like communism to me.
Taxes are not required for spending. Spending isn't required for spending, because ultimately government money is a proxy for power differentials and collective strategy.
Money defines which behaviours and which demographics are rewarded, and which are starved and punished. There are numbers and flow dynamics, but it's primarily a social credit system, not a substance.
Taxes are really a way to control the relative power of some groups over others - a form of regulation.
So when you have events like the New Deal and high taxes on the super rich, that means the economy is tuned towards diminishing power differentials, expanding infrastructure, and access to opportunity.
Low taxes on the super rich means expanding power differentials, more rigid hierarchy, diminishing collective infrastructure, and decreasing access to opportunity.
Likewise with provision of public services. If healthcare is cheap, guaranteed, and widely distributed, that increases individual agency and diminishes hierarchy.
If it's expensive and rationed by/for corporate monopolies, it increases hierarchy and diminishes agency.