Really rich people are suddenly paying quite a bit more in taxes

Re:Really rich people are suddenly paying quite a bit more i... by baddox on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @11:40PM (#10816165)

> Take one example: the fact that if I sign a contract I will feel legally obligated to follow through on it. This provides tremendous social good (billions of dollars worth), but it's very hard to quantify exactly how much.

It's not so clear how much of a service the government is providing there. Do you eagerly sign contracts with people you suspect would cheat you if they thought they could get away with it?

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Re:Really rich people are suddenly paying quite a bit more i... by morgante on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @11:50PM (#10816206)

> Do you eagerly sign contracts with people you suspect would cheat you if they thought they could get away with it?

Yes, especially you include corporations as "people." Without the rule of law, I'm quite sure that corporations would find even more ways to generally break contracts and not honor their commitments.

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Re:Really rich people are suddenly paying quite a bit more i... by baddox on Thursday December 31, 2015 @01:44AM (#10816562)

Why would they do that, and why would any corporations deal with corporations with a history of cheating?

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Re:Really rich people are suddenly paying quite a bit more i... by ori_b on Thursday December 31, 2015 @05:09PM (#10819977)

Because the likelyhood of cheating is low, largely because there is a legal recourse to recover the costs of cheating.

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