Topic: Increase of taxes requires more job opportunities (Read 737 times)

The law has given the government the power because they are even the law unless we deceive ourselves. It would have been so good if the citizens and the government often come to the realization of the right taxes to pay but the opposite is the case, everyone is the victim at times. This is fairer to the countries where taxes are judiciously utilized, after all, you see what your money is used for.

Again, instead of the government ensuring that more jobs are created in a friendly investment environment that can bring about more investment from both within and outside, they will rather embezzle the money and level more taxes on the poor masses. Kudos to the Kenyan people, they resisted the government a while ago and won on insane taxes.

Sources: 1. Kenya's controversial tax law
              2  The people have spoken!

That happens in first-world countries and countries where there is almost zero corruption from government officials, and whatever money they collect is used for the well-being of the country and its people. This is the reason why such nations develop very well and have perfect economies: their leaders not only care for themselves and those related to them but also take care of the whole nation.

In third-world countries, you will barely see the government doing much for the general population because there is a lot of corruption. The money collected from taxes and other stuff goes straight into their pockets, and people suffer from problems such as inflation, low quality of education and health sectors, broken roads, and less care about environmental problems such as pollution.

Corruption from the government officials and those in charge is the reason why so many countries are not able to develop at a good pace.

The state must be present for this problem because they are guaranteed by law and the people must be well protected by providing jobs so that they can live better. The taxes collected can be used to open up jobs, not just to pay debts or leaders' salaries because in reality the taxes received are mostly from the people. There have been many problems faced by people after Covid and now they have lost their jobs because of the disaster.

Job opportunities are very few and are unable to accommodate the increasing number of workers. The poverty rate is also increasing so the government must have a special program to solve this problem. We hope that more job opportunities will open up so that people can work to earn money to meet their living needs.

Each person would really be having their own choices when it comes into those people whom they do really want to sit on such position but we do know that when it comes to votes then it will really be that pertaining
into the overall number of citizens on which it will neither be getting in line with your interest or not and there's nothing we can do if the other party will really be able to win up.
Taxation is always been part about economic development of a certain country on which there would really be those who do govern out a certain country would be able to apply those taxes on the right way
or something that we do speak about application of those funds on which it do really give out that priority into the benefit of its citizens on which this is really that indeed good.

We do know that there are places in the world on having hat corrupted officials on which taxes are really that not being applied into the things that it should supposed to be applied on which this would really be resulting
into that delayed economic development or simply having that kind of effect on which it will really be that bad for its citizens not only on development but also into its citizens benefits and other stuffs.
It will really be just that depending on this case.

Honestly most governments are just political parties and there is nothing that they do without thinking about votes. I have always said that when they are making a decision, they do not think of what would be better for the nation, they think about what would make them get more votes or at least not lose votes.

This is something I talked about before and that means governments are not some different entity than the political party, whichever president and party that is running the nation, they are the ones that you liked or disliked during the campaign process, and that is why we should be considering how they could be during running part of the nation as well. I do not respect politicians, doesn't matter which one, and expecting them to do the right thing would be unfair towards people who I never respect.

In a country like mine where jobs are scarce and can only be gotten through connection, the government doesn't even have the right to increase taxes or even requesting for it because you can't pour from an empty cup. A lot of people are fighting for their survival, paying taxes is the last thing on their mind. In advanced countries taxes are sources of revenue for the country to increase their infrastructural development and other things required to make the country better, but if you observe those countries very well you would notice that the government provides Job opportunities for it's citizens so they can have something to give back, it's as simple as that.

The governments are crooks with their trickily partial plays tending to be impartial to the masses by creating new infrastructures just to give an account of the public generated funds but meanwhile... Looking back the hand of time, there is still an existing loopholes of infrastructures such as the COVID that has been a leakage having great effects of todays economy system but instead of the government fixing them up, they are bypassing it because they don't want to spend much money on fixing them and despites the fact that it still reflects to the crumbling economy and has as well crippled lot of people to the lost of their jobs and investment crashes, they (governments) would still enforce taxes in the same masses while cramping for recoveries over the past experiences.

The governments knows what is right to do and has always estimated how much it would cost them to lay a good economy foundation but would always cut the price off and lays a faded economy system so that they could have enough money on reserve to be syphoned within them.
It is quite alarming because it is not that the society does not generating enough to realize better economy system.

But at the same time, if you observe well, you will see that many countries where they are paying taxes for property that the citizens own and other things are leaving a healthy life and also getting enough paid for the jobs they do there, whether government or private companies, than countries that are not paying tax. And also, the government tries to make everything easy for them because they are collecting taxes from their citizens,

although in my country we don’t pay tax for owing something; we only pay tax on some minor things, and those things are not even necessary to get, but anywhere you see the government collecting taxes for owing property or something similar, you will see that they are getting almost everything they need from the government.

With the taxes collected, society needs to live at a better level and the sustainability of this life needs to be ensured. The cost of work done to increase employment is always great and one of the biggest resources used to cover these costs is taxes. States should do more about employment because creating employment also increases the economic level of society.

We know that businesses and people who lost their jobs suffered during the Covid period. Taxes should be a resource for the work that needs to be done in advance so that people do not fall into an even more difficult situation during difficult times.

wrong policies will have fatal consequences for a country's economy in the long term and in this case the citizens will definitely be the victims, it does sound good to increase a country's income through taxes but in some countries (like our country) taxes on the rich are very light but for the middle class it is very painful, most governments are good friends with the rich and from this relationship political lobbies are created which result in the rich only paying a small portion of taxes while the middle class who are not friendly with officials pay full taxes, it's funny but that's the reality on the ground especially in our country therefore taxes are actually not the right answer to eradicate difficulties in getting a job.

That happened in my country and almost all taxes obtained by the government are used more to pay off foreign debt based on the agreed percentage even though the income is also used for needs that have been designed according to its duties. In fact, with the income through the tax sector, it can be used to develop the economic potential of the community and provide jobs so that people can more easily get out of the existing poverty problem.

We have seen the impact of the recession caused by Covid even though the conditions are normal, the economic problem has not been fully resolved because it is proven that many people who have lost their jobs have not been able to get new jobs for now.

If the government of a country still has the mind to continue to commit corruption, then the country will always be far from the welfare of the community. Because leaders who still have such thoughts will never think about the conditions of others even though they are their own people and investors will also be very reluctant to enter a country whose leaders are still like that. So if there are still leaders like that at this time, then the task of the people is to continue to make exposure so that what they do can become viral enough for a long time.

There aren't that many countries with good governments though, we are not really seeing that in many nations though, a lot of nations have at least one thing they are bad at. I mean it could be anything but in the end we are seeing them be good at one thing but bad at another thing. Even there are few nations we should be considering a bit better and could get a lot worse at something else. Which is why I believe that not a lot of nations exists where things are looking that good at all.

The best thing to do at the moment is that we need to be focusing on how we can individually save ourselves and not expect the governments to do anything better. When governments do badly, it's up to the individual to save themselves and that is what I am used to by now. I never expect anything to be done properly by the government and that is one of the biggest reasons to end up getting into bitcoin as well, so focusing on that as a good thing.

In normal circumstances, the taxes should be used in activities that generate (multiply) the economic activity and the employment. The problem I see now is that we are not fully realising we had an economic crash during COVID hidden with printing money and taking debt, this means that taxes now are paying for the debt acquired by most countries along the last decade plus COVID.

Countries with good governance can do that, distributing where the taxes go in the right things. But there is no hope in most of the third world countries due to the bad leadership of their president or whomever is the authority that manages the country. I've seen countries that have high taxes but also manages with so much benefits that are being enjoyed by the people like income tax returns, health care and so much more. There might not be new generation of job because that depends on how good the economy is but at least with how they maneuver the taxes, it is also being enjoyed by the people.

In a country that the system works, taxes should be for maintenance of the services offered by the government but the corruption in the system makes the politician divert the money from our taxes to their pocket. My opinion, the taxes shouldn't be increased but the job should be increased because there's alot of money in the government that they can invest it into job creation but they're not doing it because they have other plans for the money instead of making use of it for making the life of their citizens better. We shouldn't be complaining of no job when there are many job opportunity that the government can invest into to give people something to do to earn a living.

Do you mean jobs in public sector? Or jobs created by the government? I ask this because I'm against more jobs in public sector. Most of them do nothing and get paid for that, that's why I'm against it but if you mean that governments should create new jobs, that's impossible in modern capitalism, jobs were created in communism because there weren't businesses and everything was managed by the government.

Increase of taxes is the worst step, it basically means that government can do nothing other than to milk its own citizens. Even in the worst case, it should be temporary because long-term, increase of taxes might cause massive protests and will destroy the available taxing system and it will be for worse for the government.

People feel less motivated to work and thrive when they have to pay taxes, especially if they are abusive ones, because in the end citizens will be working mainly to feed the government, like slaves used to do regards their masters in past centuries. Increase on taxes only work when you have a satisfied thriving people, so they will pay taxes without complaining, as it won't have a considerable negative impact over their finances.

Some claim that taxes are necessary and useful to maintain the services offered by the government running smoothly, but that must be a valid assumption only in western European countries and probably Japan. In most countries taxes are just easy money for a political and judiciary minor elite to live comfortably at the expense of a majority composed by fools and ignorant people who think to be making a good deal by being part and maintaining this decaying hipocritical society.

Rural areas commonly do not have a lot of jobs available. They always try to move into the big cities in hopes of higher pays and more opportunities. Fortunately, in my country, they are starting to develop these areas more and more. They are building malls and other establishments that would generate more jobs for the people in the region.
My country definitely needs a reevaluation. So many jobs require too high credentials only for small wages. This is why many of us go abroad to seek out job and we suffer from brain drain.

When a corrupt government has been on power for long people will understand all there rigorous ways of money laundering because I don't no how stupid they feel the masses are that they cannot understand there are other money that should have been used for anything infrastructure in the country, if the money they are getting from international revenue cannot handle such work they should explain to us what they have been using those money to do, however the title of this discussion is just a good summary for everything because any addition in tax should also attract more opportunities and most especially higher monthly salary, so that you will be paying tax with a heart full of happiness that you have a high earn job.

There should really be some sort of bracket if we do speak abou tax deductions on which basing up into the salary bracket and not that making up that general % on overall earnings of those workers on which on this case then it will really be that making someone to suffer whenever  there would really be that market inflation or increase in prices whether on goods or services. Inflation or continous increase of in todays goods and services do really that becomes a burden specially into those who are really that earning sufficient on their day to day needs on which it wont really be that enough if there would be even more increase as years passing by. You would really be able to struggle on the moment that you cant find any alternatives or sources of income or simply be that staying up with your monthly paycheck into your day job.

Not to make up those kind of criticizing those average workers but in todays world on which there's no way that you could really be able to obtain yourself on having those investment or business or other sources of income in easiest way as possible. You will really be facing up tons of challenges along the way and this isnt something simple that you could really be able to deal on with. So it will really be that up to you
on how you will be working hard to achieve those goals that you do have in mind. There are really just that those individuals who are really that having those goals and targets and there are ones who are
really just that contented on what they do have currently have now.

This is one of the problem the society faces today all over the world. Everyone is expected to pay equal tax without considering the level of each person's earning. The government play a blutant role in human capital development and or skill acquisition training or lacks the ability to creat employment opportunity for the masses by not opening factory or production companies for people to harness and make money to help themselves and also have some fund to pay tax but only extort from its citizens. But however what then can people do? I will say since government can not help the citizens in development due to there greediness and self-centredness, we would work hard to survive or help  ourselves. out, Because hoping on government to do everything for us will result to disappointment.

If the government is corrupt then the steps they think about how to manage the state finances to create personal and group benefits and usually taxes are the most common source of corruption among the ruling elite. Whereas the government's job is to create infrastructure so that people can live much better and they create easy access to taxation so that there are investors who will build businesses that can accommodate local workers in the company.

People are finding it increasingly difficult to get jobs in conditions like today but instead they take advantage of the opportunity to enrich themselves. This is an example of a corrupt leader who never thinks about his people and most of them are only affiliated with business partners who benefit him and his group.

Increase of taxes runs the risk of collapsing an economy, you end up with less money with the higher taxes it all becomes an ironic failure.   You can end up with a death spiral especially with large amounts of debt, its a real danger in any country especially in the modern economies commonly carrying so much debt with constant expectation of growth which is not always available.

If the government is not corrupt, they can dedicate a lot of these taxes to worthwhile projects, wherein, their constituents will truly enjoy whatever they have paid to their government. The taxes collected are actually vital in pursuing the government's projects and the continuity of their programs.

Also, the increase is reasonable if the wage of the people is also increasing so they can cope up with such deductions from their salaries. Would be a very hard challenge if there is no salary increase, and yet the deductions is increasing.
That I believe, would create financial difficulties to individuals who are only relying from their regular income.

I think the government shouldn't just increase the amount in tax simply because of the amount they need to use to keep up the infrastructure in the country, they should consider the level of inflation in the country and how much the people are trying to manage their finance and the increase in the price of things, people will be forced to keep avoiding taxes and the government will keep convicting people till they reduce the amount of tax they expect them to pay.

People were already committing tax fraud when the economy was somehow ok right now the situation of things will make people to stop paying tax because they can not meet up again to sustain and pay tax.

This is not necessarily true and reducing taxes will often spur more hiring by businesses, but it is a very delicate balance that each government has to find. Just look at the many "zero tax" countries around the world who use this strategy to draw people in - you can see places like Dubai became thriving cities with this concept, however now they are slowly letting it climb back up now they've captured the amount of interest they needed. You better hope that the government spends those taxes wisely as well, as you mention infrastructure which would be a good use, but if the government system is weak it can be lost to things like wasteful spending and corruption, which undermines trust in politicians for many years to come.

Why would anyone want a lower paying job when the pay cannot cover the expenses they are going to incur in settling daily bills? The jobs might be there, but if there are no basic amenities available to make live easier for tax payers, the income they get from their jobs will not be enough to make them live comfortably.

Speaking of third world countries. Most businesses there suffer because they do not have access to good roads, health care, electricity, water etc, yet these guys pay taxes but do not see the benefits of the tax they are paying.

You can only speak for your country. People will always aim for the best in everything. They have paid for all these things, therefore it is the duty of the government to either create these jobs for these people, give these people incentives to grow their own businesses or create a conducive environment for everyone to live comfortably even with the low paying jobs.

This depend if the government is working or not working.

The government can't employ everyone, this is debate able but that's my opinion and also what any government will say. Sometimes I think any person that is employed by the government do the most lazy work, they do as they like and don't respect the labour unless it get to a point where their service is really needed, not to generalize but most don't deserve the job they are doing and that's why sometime when government screw them with taxes, I just laugh and pass. However, I can't say if that's the same for other countries but I can affirm to this 100% in my country.

Again, the government can't offer all jobs that's why they offer grants and loans for business, this is to support other people that are self employ and make people have something doing but whenever all this money are much in circulation, to mop them they tend to increase interest rate but so they don't chase out investors, they just go for general increase in taxation of their citizens, this is good of the government is intervening in the affairs of people and bad if they don't.

Tax will not be something difficult for every citizen to pay if the government is doing what is right with the tax and also creating jobs for the country, there are country that their tax are high but the government them what they deserve as a citizen, there are some countries that the government will increase the tax and still the citizen don't have a job, many educated youths are on the street looking for how to survive without government, being educated without having work is like wasting of time to study.

Government are not doing their duties these days, what they know is how to increase the tax and revenue and how to steal public funds and put them in their account, having good jobs with good pay is the best way to make the citizens contribute to any tax that the government want the citizen to do, in my country I don't think some people even pay their tax and they don't care because even the government know that they can't do anything about it as they are the cause of it.

The population growth is the problem, in fact we are not even growing equally neither, we have so many nations and cultures that are in the under 2 number, meaning they are shrinking in size, whereas there are cultures and regions where the yare giving birth at an expending rate, meaning eventually they would have total control over worlds population. I am not going to name any names, but we are seeing them spreading to whole world, every nation, from Japan to USA, every part of the world and giving birth at a huge rate, so they are going to be the biggest majority in every nation eventually.

And this means, we are going to lack the control and we are going to lack the jobs as well, it just can't happen to grow as fast just like you said. So, we can't just hope for the best and just close our eyes. We need to make sure that we are changing some laws, making it easier decision to have kids, if economy sucks, people do not want to have kids, because they know they can't afford it.

Some regions will have more jobs than others. It depends on the variety of industries that region is home to. If the government there is going backwards in civilization then companies will not invest and people will lose jobs.

You can face it, there will never be enough jobs for the number of people in this world keeps on increasing. Hence the importance of education and investing in your children's education right from the beginning to make sure they are in a position to work and earn in the near future.

But I do feel bad about people born in developing countries with less resources to start out their lives.

The increase of taxes have been a very crucial case and the government are just sitting and letting things go the way they wanted not having the masses at heart or in any thoughts, it's one thing that when such taxes undergo an increase there's an avenue for creating job opportunities which will help to balance the needs and adjustment policies that has been made. Cause if such allocations are being made there would limits of crisis, vandalism and all of that but when it isn't you find individuals becoming victims of various circumstances.

The population as increased and their is no longer a place to fit in for the increased number of population, and the number of people going to schools are also increasing the same time, and this is no longer a region problem problem but it as become a global problem, and their is no longer clue on how they want to manage because were will the jobs comes from. No adequate jobs are you guys that's the government are still taxing people and collecting money from them.

I don't think the government can help them any longer because in my own region a lot of companies are folding because of high tax, even as little as you are earning you don't have a choice than to pay tax from the little you are earning because the government actually takes tax collections seriously. They know the amount they are getting and like so countries they invest it back to the society were they go it from since thay wss the initial use for it. And this issue is becoming a problem because since the means for people to make money to take care of their self is reducing then it is leading to increase in crime because people will want to feed and their are people that might not want to do crime but just because of the condition they find their self then they will get full conviction and go and commit crime.

Tax system is supposed to keep the country running while maintaining the well being of every citizen so if someone is not making money enough to keep up the taxes then it's a sign that system is failing right?

Also if government just increase the tax and ask the citizens to pay anything they seek doesn't make sense it has to be a fair value that doesn't affect the people who pays the tax but the existing system is opposite of what it's supposed to be, it help the rich to avoid the tax while the poor has no way of getting rid of it so it needs some sort of accountability and transparency that help the balance in check.

When you are talking about jobs then you need to consider the region because their are many regions than are still suffering because of inadequate jobs availability for the people. People are suffering and the increase in tax does not really make sense and their is need for the government to provide jobs for her citizens rather than using the funds to enrich themselves. Even the blue collar jobs are not even available for the people that is why we are seeing crime rate increasing every single day. If their are enough jobs availability for the people, I don't think anyone would keep complaining about lost of jobs or inadequate supply of jobs.

Many people keep complaining about lack of jobs, but the reality there are many jobs out there including in third world countries.

People are saying lack of jobs because they only look for the jobs that they want to work, they don't want to work in blue collar jobs because it's more exhausting and pays lower than white collar jobs.

I don't see anything wrong to work in blue collar jobs.

The government will always seek new ways to increase its revenue. In recent times, taxes have increased in my country because the government have begun to come up with strange taxes that did not exist before. I am not worried about these taxes as much as the minimum wage is increased, and these revenues are used for the good of the people. But it becomes a problem when, after bearing the tax burden, most of the money realized will be stolen by government officials. If the government uses these taxes effectively to provide basic facilities I will always be willing to pay my tax.


In some cases, the government don't seek the input of labour organizations and other none governmental bodies. The Congress and the members of the executive council will just hold meetings and come up with tax increases. Inflation in my country has become uncontrollable for the past eight years, and the government just reviewed salaries once. They are systematically improvising the people while they keep living in affluence.

Always had to see a government that cares about her people, they're always out to extort from us.

If the government are allowed to do things the way they want, only their friends, family and maybe a few elites in the society will be able to afford things while the rest of us perish in poverty because they want to oppress us and make us their servants.

I don't get how they'll see a struggling economy and the next thing they can do is to increase taxes so more money goes into the government account that they mismanaged while the rest keep working hand to mount and still be feeding the government with taxes.

The government have to make the working environment very conducive for increase productivity and increase job opportunities so people can afford to work multiple jobs and have enough for their wellbeing so they won't neglect paying the taxes.

Still though, the taxes need to be considerate because things are becoming expensive already and the taxes imposed on the goods and services is what's making them so expensive (including other factors too).

Of course, before raising taxes, there are many things that the government itself needs to think about, because it will affect the lower classes, and must take appropriate actions and solutions, including registering poor people to be tax-free, and imposing taxes on middle and upper incomes, these are actions that need to be taken to reduce the burden on the poor so that they are not burdened with the cost of living.

Tax is mainly for the people around, and not for those who have high positions sitting in the government. So if this tax increase is the key to improve the lives of the people, then they should also be seen capable enough to pay for their taxes, and not just they are required to pay for their tax despite of their low compensation from their respective jobs. At least there should be salary increase, so that they can pay their tax without struggling to make their ends meet, and there should be equal opportunities given to the people so that they can work and won’t remain jobless and no source of income.

Do you know why the right people are not interested in politics? It is because they know that they cannot win if they become interested. The system is corrupted such that it will produce only the corrupt. So, for the right people to win in such a system, they will first get themselves corrupted. Only a few of the right people agree to get corrupted.
So, when the system becomes sane, the right people will emerge. But in some African countries, the system can only get worse.

The "right" people are not always interested in politics, at least that is how i see things in my own country, and that is part of the problems we have. I know it is not easy to pursue a "career" in politics, but it is also wrong for the competent people to fold their arms and watch fools rule us, and i'm afraid, the cycle is going to continue. My country has been ruled by incompetent individuals since i came up to the age of knowledge, they raise taxes and then go ahead to embezzle taxpayers money, it is a gory situation over here.

When a country can manage taxes well, we will be able to see well that people will be able to enjoy good facilities from their government, but if a country does not do anything from the taxes paid, of course they have a government system that only cares about a group of people and this will of course be very detrimental to many people.
If the government does not care about their citizens, of course everyone will not like their leadership and rightly as you said, adding workers is certainly not the right choice because the workers they add do not necessarily have benefits for the government system.

Increasing taxes create only one thing: inflation and nothing else. It is an endless loop. The more the gov increase the taxes, the more the business owners increase the price of products and services. The gov don't want to get smaller, the business owners don't want to lower their margins. In the end it is the consumers that pay the final price. Govs should work on reducing taxes but all of them do the exact opposite. Kamala Harris promises to tax rich people more but we all now it is just the tip of the iceberg. When a politician says "We want to tax the rich!!", often the exact opposite happens, they end up taxing the middle class. It is because rich people ain't no dumb. When they feel threatened, the move their wealth the some other country. The middle class on the other hand, they don't have anywhere to go and because of that, they pay those high taxes to the government directly or indirectly it doesn't matter.

Unfortunately politicians are not people we pick from all of the population, we just pick between a few people and the party itself decides who we have as candidates in most cases. For my nation, they offer me a few candidates, but I look at them and they are all terrible, I want to say my grocery store clerk is better candidate than these people, I have a lot of friends who would be better, why am I forced to pick between these people?

Because that is how politics work. If we had unlimited amount of people who were candidates, then it would be quite tough to do it, we are not going to get a great result, and eventually because of this we are going to see how this is going to change a lot of situations on the long run as well.

Well, before any law is passed regarding taxation, there's usually a meeting for that and it's not only one persons opinion that is given, when there's a sitting for such meeting, there'er other appointed bodies that should speak for the people. If there's going to be an increment in tax, there should also be an increment in salaries and the government should also use the tax to bring good development to their country and not just enriching their own selves.

If you talk about taxes in big and good countries it really works but there are some countries that don't do anything with high taxes.  For example, no inflation control and no roads, there are many things like that which are not there even after paying taxes. Apart from this, a job is a distant thing that very few people get. If the country is good, this move is wrong. But it also affects the poor.  That is the main reason why one is willing to pay the tax loss, but we also want the result, so that we know where the government has spent so much money.  But I am not impressed with this government which does not care about the people.There is no need for the government to have additional employees and it is our fault that this government gives us jobs but in reality it does not want anything.

It's true that we can't do that much with the politicians and whether we vote or not, there will be those that need to be elected. We are just hoping for the best that has the true heart of serving people rather than pleasing themselves. That's why we have to work for as long as we can and if there are opportunities that come to us and we think that it suits our skills and goals in life, just take them. You'll learn it in the process and eventually, you'll get used to it. So, just be yourself, adhere to the laws and pay your taxes and as you help yourself, you're also directly helping the country.

Your point are valid, it seems government tax is also one of the major factor people no longer register their little companies with the government why? I really think if the well being of the country is in a good hand people with little business will love to pay their due tax. While talking about tax we have both the small and big tax so let’s get this point clear, there’s nothing bad if the government request for a tax but what’s more annoying is when they intend to increase the fee without a proper care for the citizens. I’m not too familiar with people facing lose each time due to high fee and inflation etc, I believe this issue is a problem and needs to be treated but, are the government ready to create more jobs although not every location suffers from lack of job opportunity.

Taxes are a necessity, if not how is the government going to fund its activities, in a society were the government puts taxpayers money to good use, there will be progress and development, which will definitely lead to better employment opportunities and a reduction in unemployment. That being said, i do not support exorbitant taxes, but the problem in many countries is that taxpayers money is mostly used to fund the expensive lifestyle of politicians, rather than for infrastructure and nation building.

I know it is always a great idea for anyone out there to chart a way for themselves and not affected by the economy will be extremely difficult. The government and the economy of the country or state is usually inseparable with the standard of living of people especially if you life and work within the system of such governments and structures.

Many people wish to avoid all these tax inflations among others but it's impossible because in the end you can't escape the economic realities in the society especially if it is influenced by poor government policies and decisions.

It's not everyone that have the opportunity to work remotely and probably work for foreign companies paying him in foreign currency. Not everyone can afford solar powers in their homes to avoid taxes placed on electricity. Etc. When you joggle these things together, you realize that it is almost impossible for most people to change their paths for their own betterment. Like you rightly said, the politicians have highjacked these things already.

Most of the time where your tax goes will not be getting a proper response, they could basically say where it goes, but you can't really make big changes enough, in most cases people will vote for who they want to vote for, even if who they vote for ends up using your taxes for bad reasons. This is why I believe politicians feel free to use those tax money to whatever they want, not like their "fans" will vote for other people, they will end up with different results and not going to change.

This could be different for business side of things, because in that case we are going to see companies end up investing more back into business instead of profiting, and this would help them a lot, they will end up with a bad result if they keep it as profit but if they grow the business then they would benefit from it. They wouldn't ask where the money is going, because they are not paying nay tax, they are growing and growing as much as they possibly could with their own profits.

the masses at the receiving end who always pays a lot for taxes in different forms even without Knowing what the tax payers money is being used for have every right to demand accountability but unfortunately, where it always ends is that you continue to pay taxes and that's just where it always ends.

For Almost all the things you purchase on the street,you're being taxed for them. And then provision of jobs  is almost minimal or non existing and you're ment to pay taxes for the jobs you created by yourself and from the money you struggled to earn with zero assistance from a the government? This reminds me of paying for bench fee as a student who is supposed to enjoy those previlages because businesses and individuals have already paid for those things through thier task. You pay tax and still pay huge amount for power and yet you don't get to see those light when you need them.

Here, you admitted that your government does not impose much taxes on you if actually they do.
Could probably be because they considers the rate of your earnings is not sufficient enough to pay the bills if the taxes are increased in high volume. That is cool though!
 
Quite obvious... Since your government does not suffocate you on highily taxes and billing conditions becomes minimal for you to handle, don't think every other regions are cool good as that.


. apparently taxes are meant to be paid based on infrastructures befitting the masses to be able to pay based on earning opportunities.
It is not worth it for the government to feel less concerned about your income but seriously I'm concern of paying and increasing taxations.

That is typically extortion which may lead individuals to frustrated as they may not have enough in their savings due to meeting up with the bills conditions.

So, if taxations can suddenly be reviewed, so also amenities for infrastructures should mandatorily be reviewed too. That should be a normalcy policy.
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We can't do anything much when it comes to the government. Hence, it is on the hands of the person how he will change his path for the betterment of himself. Also, politicians will always be there, so these people will always do their job according to their oath, or use it for their own personal gain. Either way, the public has no control of what these politicians will do once they are already in position. But as an individual, you can create your own path.

As we have no control about what the government will do to the taxes collected from its people, what you can do for yourself is make sure you can survive without the government's aid. Because if you happen to rely from them, it means, your life would be very hard as you struggle each day of survival. Enrich your knowledge or expertise to beat the challenges of your life. No one will do something for you but yourself.

While inflation is visible, tax inflation is also there. But people are getting tired of paying for something that they are not seeing at all. It's sad that the government is becoming the business of the corrupt people and the people are also to blame when they elect officials that doesn't have the heart to serve. We only elect people that are popular and dear to us but we don't know the real intention that they have why they run for public offices. There is no problem in paying tax and as OP is pointing out, as long as it's put into infrastructures, public health, education, etc, it should be put all of it into every sector that will make everyone benefit from using them.

Seriously I don’t think taxes are actually a bad thing and if you listen to even those that pay it is not that they don’t want to buy they are simply just concerned about how wasteful the government actually are with the funds. If you analyze how much they waste on government runs like expenses of the government officials one wouldn’t be encouraged to pay up taxes. I have always been a supporter of reduction of government officials expenditures and before taxes increase as those unnecessary spending will cover up spaces.

Using bitcoin doesn’t mean one has to always evade tax in fact this is one of the reasons why governments doesn’t want the bitcoin, although I don’t think that one can actually evade tax completely with bitcoin. The bitcoin isn’t a allowed to been used for payment in most countries as such I think once you convert the bitcoin to your currency it incurs tax

Running a government is always a matter of weighing up your incoming with your outgoings, much like personal finances. It's nice to have "free" healthcare which places like Europe offer, however that has to be money allocated from things like income taxes and it is easy for the public sector to be more wasteful with money. However sometimes you need things like this to be managed with a bit of waste, because the alternative privatized versions are way worse and act like complete vultures. Infrastructure spending is often one of the ways that governments try to boom their way out of a bust. The best model is seen in Scandinavian countries that used their resources to build national funds which can support the public long term.

Tax is always a problem since there's no way to make people satisfied with what they pay vs what they get.
For more jobs? Maybe, but that's not what some people desire. I mean people who are extorted by income taxes already have jobs/income anyway. Maybe if there were no income taxes, people could spend more, can open more businesses, who knows?

Maybe VAT, customs, etc. are enough to build roads and infrastructures? This flawed system is why previously there were ideas to vote for "government" programs on the blockchain, like on DAO stuff, those things were quite popular in 2017 IIRC.

Yes, when a country is weak in terms of infrastructure and the government undertakes various mega projects without increasing the foreign debt of the country, it wants to improve the country in terms of infrastructure, and if the people of the country live well then the government increases taxes, so that the country can easily become a more developed state. can be turned  So raising taxes is not a bad thing if the people of the country can live comfortably. Then in that case the people of the country will accept it easily and will not try to evade taxes.

Governments will always look for ways to feed themselves and create a lot of opportunities for themselves to have access to public funds instead oof creating job opportunities to their jobless well educated and skillful youths, they are also after the little investments the youths manages to have setup and they end up not using the task to do work for the community.
I think investing on digital currencies like Bitcoin will be a good solution since you can save your Bitcoin in an external wallet that only you can have access to; if you do that, you can avoid the government with your savings and investment, and the same time you have planned against inflation and local currency devaluation.

I don't understand why this more taxes because even the previous taxes that was paid or has been paid what did said government work with it? I think Op is right because the government aren't doing their work effectively, that is why I love the US they implement and imposed taxes and yet the create job opportunities for one to work and pay their taxes with this it create a relief moment for each household or those who are working under them. Just take a look at the minimum wages they pays can't even sustain their works for the whole 30 working days and yet what they are looting is much more to what they are spending on the country.

The government was creating jobs in communism because businesses were owned by the government but the government doesn't create the infrastructure of job opportunities in the modern world because we live in capitalism where businesses are privately owned and those who have money, create the businesses and more job opportunities.
We have seen the result of communism and capitalism. It's clear that communism doesn't work because it's human nature to be greedy but capitalism and a healthy competition work for our benefit.

From what I understood, OP is trying to demonstrate that the balance between governments offerings jobs to people versus the government ordering taxation from the people needs to be maintained.

This unfortunately will make the common man suffer. Governments appear to do the first option in short periods of time but the market for jobs is also limited and the second option will always continue to rise, no matter what happens.

In some countries where government attempts to appease the public by bribing them, taxation goes beyond the roof to pay that while jobs keep dwindling. It is the basis of the problems in many developing countries.

If the government wants to increase taxes, they should increase the employee salary and decrease the primary needs price. The government can create more job opportunities so more people can have job and earn money to pay the tax and for living. We admitted that living cost will increase from time to time so if their salary is not increase, they will difficult to survive and they can not pay the tax. It needs awareness from the government to always check their people lives and not just sit in their office and talks about increasing the tax, people should survive in a hard situation without doing something that can help their people.

While tax hikes can surely make life more difficult, fiscal policies do not always pinch the people only. For example, many governments are investing in sectors such as clean energy and infrastructure that will create jobs and thereby enhance the general economy. In various European and Asian countries, infrastructure projects have proved to boost economic activity and jobs that can offset the immediate effects of higher taxes.

Also, focusing solely on the creation of jobs perhaps is not enough. Without government spending in places such as health and transport, the workforce would have bigger problems, given such industries usually are plagued by talent shortages. So, while we should keep an eye on how those policies affect us, it's not always some simple case of "more taxes, fewer benefits."

I completely agree with the idea that government should focus on creating jobs and supporting private sector income growth rather than increasing taxes to increase public revenue. It is critical that governments understand the long-term effects of fiscal policy on the ability of average citizens to survive and prosper.

Instead of increasing tax, the government can consider other policy measures for example, when they invest in infrastructural projects that create jobs or issue grants and subsidies to small-scale businesses. Public income is used to balance with private wealth better performance by citizens in economic activities.

Poor administration indeed that govt is it seems more concerned with exploring its own resources. as you pointed out Instead of equipping the citizens with all the enabling tools and incentives They must thrive to win.


An important point you raise there. Reliance of the state alone in creating employment has both its unemployment and longer term problems because, especially where creative and growing unions are not encouraged, such strategy may lead to long-term economic loss. The role of the state is to create an environment in which the private sector can flourish as well. At the same time, we must ensure that everybody has access to it. This is particularly the case in areas where markets cannot be feasibly attained.

There should be a good balance between the two sectors in creation. Public sector employment might be critical in providing an essential service. Growth, however is probably going to be more sustainable from the private sector when driving long-term economic growth. Ideally, the governments should provide infrastructures and policies that make business thrive without overtaxing the citizenry. Sending taxes without a fair return into the economy can stifle growth and hurt the very reason it was sent to grow.

The issue lies not just in the creation of jobs but in how one can cope with and distribute the newfound wealth among all to take advantage of the boom.

If you want to end up poor, yes, the thing to do is to rely on the state to raise taxes to create jobs instead of leaving job creation to the private sector. This is not to say that there should not be a part of public employment, but relying on the government to create and organize employment is what has led to the most disastrous system that has always caused millions of deaths, political repression, exodus, hunger and misery.

There are two things here: tax rate and unemployment rate. Tax rate is decided by government tax policy and it barely changes. Unemployment rate depends on a national economic status and even global economic conditions too. In a flat world nowadays, one nation can not be unaffected if other big nations have troubles with their economies.

Tax rate can be increased or reduced by governments but it usually does not relate to Unemployment rates or Job opportunities. If governments want more money for their governmental machines and staffs, they will charge citizens more money in tax. In Western countries, if citizens don't like this tax increase policy, they will have to wait till a next President election to vote that party out. In dictator countries, citizens have no choices to change governmental policies, except if they make a Color Revolution.

Governments often justify tax hikes as necessary for public projects or economic development, but they must also ensure that citizens can benefit through job creation and other income-generating opportunities. Without such balance, the average person faces rising costs of living without adequate means to cope, which ultimately widens the gap between the wealthy and the working class.

It's concerning when governments focus primarily on revenue collection without addressing the needs of those most affected by these policies. Job creation, investment in local businesses, and support for innovation are critical to ensuring that the economy remains robust and that people have the means to thrive rather than just survive.

I think a solution to this is on the part of government shoving down the cost of running public offices and their numerous aide's services. All of these requires more and more taxes to keep them running and for what?  Consequently, the government would have to stop sponsoring and giving supports to certain wars elsewhere, because all of these are being being burdened on tax payers. Example, the Ukraine - Russian conflict, the Isreal - Hamas war. And it's possible that a time will surely come when many citizens would deliberately want to invade tax as the economy bites harder with a rising inflation.

Since this topic is not directed to me one country but it n a general bases, the issue of taxation can differs from countries to country because at some state or region, tax payers get the services for they money and also the government provides infrastructure development that help the citizens to achieve their financial goals there by paying off the tax without any frustrations.

Unlike some me other countries where there is high rate of corruption and high rate of unemployment and underemployment which have drain their citizens and plug them into high levels of poverty which have resulted into they incapacitated to pay tax, so comparing both countries in one context can mislead our thoughts on this topics.

In a country like where I'm from where we don't pay property tax and other forms of unnecessary tax, which could have resulted in convicting someone for tax invasion,
 
I don't see anything too wrong with the tax system and how it has contributed to hardship since someone is required to pay tax based on how they earn in this country, so if there's anyone who is unable to gather up enough money to foot bills, that shouldn't be because of tax policy but rather the person should work hard to increase their income.

Taxes are on the increase mainly because these days it requires more money to set up infrastructure and keep a country running. More people will become unable to keep up with paying taxes because their expenses have been forced to increase, and they have less for all bills. More people will face the danger of being convicted for tax fraud or evasion because people who even considered paying taxes before and took it as a priority will have their priority changed due to the hardship induced by increased taxes.

Technically for the government to impose formats of increasing fiscal policies to the account of public funds, that should also demand reviewing of the funding liquidation that generates earnings for the individual masses because the consequences of such development is increments on tax enforcement leading to hike cost of living and while individuals faces stagnation time to survive at its course, it distabilizes the average or less citizens incomes.

Instead of the governments to create infrastructures of job opportunities to also expatiate individual source of earning opportunities to balance the economy being, they would play ignorant about this welfare of the people while technically on the mandate of just concerned in creating more wealth for themselves in disguise of public funds.

So, there should always be necessities of reviewing how the masses would fit in with new developments else the people would perish on hard labours while encountering legal extortions from their governments.