Re:Trading privacy for survival is another tax on the poor
by forrestthewoods on Monday March 18, 2019 @01:28PM
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People have lost the ability to make the distinction between “taking less from someone” and “giving someone something”.
Food stamps is giving someone something. A deduction of any kind is taking less from someone.
These days people, whether they realize it or not, act as if the government has a natural right to everything you produce. And anytime the government takes less it’s welfare.
If the government takes 50% but offers a rebate or a deduction to reduce the rake to 30% people are acting as if you should grateful! As if that were a handout!
Suffice to say I disagree with this type of thinking.
Food stamps is giving someone something. A deduction of any kind is taking less from someone.
These days people, whether they realize it or not, act as if the government has a natural right to everything you produce. And anytime the government takes less it’s welfare.
If the government takes 50% but offers a rebate or a deduction to reduce the rake to 30% people are acting as if you should grateful! As if that were a handout!
Suffice to say I disagree with this type of thinking.