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Topic: why do people agree to pay taxes? - page 112. (Read 51023 times)

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February 15, 2015, 08:59:33 PM
if i don't have a jub i don't pay,this is the true and this is the system.
i don't pay for one reazant,people that go to jail. Angry
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February 15, 2015, 08:18:30 PM
In my country, the police and prisons are funded from tax money.

The private companies had a crack at it, and they failed to make enough money from it, and withdraw...

So someone has to fund this part of the need from society or we would have had rapist and murderers running around killing people and our kids would not be safe. 

So yes.. I would gladly pay my tax.. it's after all less painfull than being murdered or raped.  Sad

Agreed. The general public is too imbecilic to be trusted to do each and every job the government takes care of for us.

I, personally, support taxes as without taxes we would not have police, prisons, highways, emergency weather warning systems, utility infrastructure, food safety regulations, workplace safety regulations, house code standards, roadway laws, environmental protection standards, medical safety standards; the list goes on. I can guarantee you that if the world's governments did not exist, we would still be in a dark age. Hell, without governments we wouldn't have foreign affairs. All the work raising standards of living in third would countries that the United Nations does, and fighting unjust treatment of the worlds people's, would cease to happen.

you do understand that the government isn't made out of a superior race of aliens.
its composed of the same general public you consider to be too imbecilic to do the job, its just that you agree to give one group of people a monopoly on violence.
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February 15, 2015, 04:48:49 AM
In my country, the police and prisons are funded from tax money.

The private companies had a crack at it, and they failed to make enough money from it, and withdraw...

So someone has to fund this part of the need from society or we would have had rapist and murderers running around killing people and our kids would not be safe.  

So yes.. I would gladly pay my tax.. it's after all less painfull than being murdered or raped.  Sad

Agreed. The general public is too imbecilic to be trusted to do each and every job the government takes care of for us.

I, personally, support taxes as without taxes we would not have police, prisons, highways, emergency weather warning systems, utility infrastructure, food safety regulations, workplace safety regulations, house code standards, roadway laws, environmental protection standards, medical safety standards; the list goes on. I can guarantee you that if the world's governments did not exist, we would still be in a dark age. Hell, without governments we wouldn't have foreign affairs. All the work raising standards of living in third would countries that the United Nations does, and fighting unjust treatment of the worlds people's, would cease to happen.

The thing is, their is a fine line, between providing a necessary service and providing a service to create employment. Some countries stimulate their economy through state subsidized schemes, and this is on the tax payers account. {In my view, governments should create a open market through regulations to enable private companies to create job opportunities.  {We should not pay tax, to stimulate fake jobs}

They come under the most scrutiny, when they do not use the tax money for the MOST critical functions.
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February 15, 2015, 04:42:30 AM
Government pressure makes me ´agree´. If I do not pay they will come and get it.

I wish I was a big corporation, like google and be welcomed in a lot of countries to actively evade taxes and not being punished for it. I do no evil, google only claims so... Sad
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February 14, 2015, 07:42:18 PM
Do I want to pay taxes? No. I have to because my government requires it and I will end up in jail if I don't.
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February 14, 2015, 07:32:49 PM
I have never agreed to pay taxes or give my permit to any law but i have to pay taxes and respect law cause my goverment is far more powerfull than me and can take everything i have (except most of my Bitcoins) and throw me in jail.

No , you never agreed , but just think what would happen if u didnt have tax and law; it would be a jungle out there.
Idea for taxes is justified, financing public services with comunity money, but somewhere in the process good intention got lost.
Same thing goes for law and justice system,its there both to be used and abused, but theres little u can do about it.

I definitely agree with you. Governments have their plus and their minuses, but given basic human nature of the uninformed, government and taxes are a highly necessary evil.
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February 14, 2015, 07:10:48 PM
I have never agreed to pay taxes or give my permit to any law but i have to pay taxes and respect law cause my goverment is far more powerfull than me and can take everything i have (except most of my Bitcoins) and throw me in jail.

No , you never agreed , but just think what would happen if u didnt have tax and law; it would be a jungle out there.
Idea for taxes is justified, financing public services with comunity money, but somewhere in the process good intention got lost.
Same thing goes for law and justice system,its there both to be used and abused, but theres little u can do about it.
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https://keybase.io/magicmann
February 14, 2015, 12:35:02 PM
In my country, the police and prisons are funded from tax money.

The private companies had a crack at it, and they failed to make enough money from it, and withdraw...

So someone has to fund this part of the need from society or we would have had rapist and murderers running around killing people and our kids would not be safe. 

So yes.. I would gladly pay my tax.. it's after all less painfull than being murdered or raped.  Sad

Agreed. The general public is too imbecilic to be trusted to do each and every job the government takes care of for us.

I, personally, support taxes as without taxes we would not have police, prisons, highways, emergency weather warning systems, utility infrastructure, food safety regulations, workplace safety regulations, house code standards, roadway laws, environmental protection standards, medical safety standards; the list goes on. I can guarantee you that if the world's governments did not exist, we would still be in a dark age. Hell, without governments we wouldn't have foreign affairs. All the work raising standards of living in third would countries that the United Nations does, and fighting unjust treatment of the worlds people's, would cease to happen.
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February 14, 2015, 01:13:21 AM
Is this not the reason citizens should be calling for governments to use a blockchain for spending?  Taxes are not an issue when they go towards proper expenses however spending has become out of control!
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February 13, 2015, 10:00:21 PM
I have never agreed to pay taxes or give my permit to any law but i have to pay taxes and respect law cause my goverment is far more powerfull than me and can take everything i have (except most of my Bitcoins) and throw me in jail.
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February 12, 2015, 03:37:36 AM
Personally I pay taxes to avoid jail/fines/inconvenience.

I consider all the existing governments as lowly extortionists.


not all evil is created equal.
legendary
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February 12, 2015, 01:49:50 AM
In my country, the police and prisons are funded from tax money.

The private companies had a crack at it, and they failed to make enough money from it, and withdraw...

So someone has to fund this part of the need from society or we would have had rapist and murderers running around killing people and our kids would not be safe. 

So yes.. I would gladly pay my tax.. it's after all less painfull than being murdered or raped.  Sad
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VIS ET LIBERTAS
February 09, 2015, 04:55:59 AM
The grass is only greener light-years outside Earth's orbit.
... or in Greenland  Wink
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RIP Mommy
February 09, 2015, 04:50:06 AM
to anyone bitching about your government, leave the country you are bitching about then.

i did. its actually pretty easy.

The grass is only greener light-years outside Earth's orbit.
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February 09, 2015, 04:17:43 AM
Personally I pay taxes to avoid jail/fines/inconvenience.

I consider all the existing governments as lowly extortionists.
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MintDice.com | TG: t.me/MintDice
February 09, 2015, 04:12:56 AM
to anyone bitching about your government, leave the country you are bitching about then.

i did. its actually pretty easy.
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February 07, 2015, 01:55:22 PM
Screw all that legal crap! The government lawyers will always find something.
The best thing is to stop working and go on social assistance. You can't get blood out of a stone!
Either that or just leave the country.

Good idea. Go on social assistance to avoid taxes so that people who pay taxes can support you.

TT

There are a lot more ways to avoid paying taxes without going on social assistance.
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February 07, 2015, 10:50:30 AM
Yeah I think many people agree to pay taxes
because for development of the country and help the unemployed.

You take people who don't have much to help the people who don't have much; what about not taking much taxes in the fist place?
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February 07, 2015, 07:30:44 AM
Yeah I think many people agree to pay taxes
because for development of the country and help the unemployed.
legendary
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February 07, 2015, 01:33:27 AM
This thread is still going?  maybe it needs to be a sticky?  ha!  Everytime I see it I'm reminded it's time to do my taxes.  But I guess I pay my taxes because it comes right out of my check and I file a tax return to get some money back!
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