Red Haven's on Fire.

[wolven7]

"Our taxes aren't a penalty, hard as that is to believe. They're the price we pay for our roads and bridges, and they're the way we look after the least among us; the sign and signal of our obligations to each other and to our own best selves."

"The answer to your question about why the MD should accept a greater tax burden in spite of the fact that his success is well-earned is called 'The Veil of Ignorance.' Imagine, before you're born you don't know Anything about who you'll be. Your abilities or your position. Now design a Tax System... John Rawls." - Will Bailey.

Aaron Sorkin is what we might call "prescient."

Comments

[mendori.livejournal.com]

I still say taxes are theft until I get to decide how every dollar of my money gets spent, rather than seeing fat pigs line their pockets and friends pockets with it.

You need to go read the Murphy and Nagel book The Myth of Ownership: Taxes and Justice.

[mendori.livejournal.com]

And you KNOW how I feel about Rawls. He can suck my imaginary giant inflatable cock.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Fair enough

[wolven.livejournal.com]

I don't think that's a bad plan, but it goes right up there with the need for a true democracy.