Only the richest ancient Athenians paid taxes – and they bragged about it

Re:Only the richest ancient Athenians paid taxes – and they ... by londons_explore on Monday November 09, 2020 @06:38AM (#25033719)

I wonder if we could bring this element back into society?

For example, the government could send everyone a bumper sticker saying "I have proudly paid $XX thousand dollars of taxes so far".

Some things could be given exclusively to high taxpayers - like for example better parking spaces, or the fastlane at the airport or the DMV.

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Re:Only the richest ancient Athenians paid taxes – and they ... by closeparen on Monday November 09, 2020 @11:23AM (#25036375)

If you publicly acknowledge any role in offsetting a problem, it becomes your fault that the problem is not completely solved [1]. I expect that associating yourself with a government program would make you even more hated, unless that program is 100% successful. Imagine every time someone drives over a pothole they see your face.

https://blog.jaibot.com/the-copenhagen-interpretation-of-eth...

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