Tax working from home 'to support vulnerable jobs'

Re:Tax working from home 'to support vulnerable jobs' – Deut... by dwaltrip on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @07:36PM (#25064838)

I was responding to a comment about “ruining everything good with taxation”.

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Re:Tax working from home 'to support vulnerable jobs' – Deut... by barumi on Thursday November 12, 2020 @03:08AM (#25067609)

Sounds to me like taxing WFH fits the description of "ruining everything good with taxation".

I mean, there's already a progressive income tax. Why should society create incentives to commute to work?

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Re:Tax working from home 'to support vulnerable jobs' – Deut... by dwaltrip on Thursday November 12, 2020 @11:01AM (#25071218)

I wasn’t commenting on a tax on WFH. I haven’t thought about it much, but I’m likely in agreement with you on that issue.

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Re:Tax working from home 'to support vulnerable jobs' – Deut... by ulucs on Thursday November 12, 2020 @02:54AM (#25067529)

You can collect taxes without ruining everything

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Re:Tax working from home 'to support vulnerable jobs' – Deut... by tanseydavid on Thursday November 12, 2020 @01:01PM (#25072629)

> You can collect taxes without ruining everything

True -- which explains why the following rhetorical question is indeed a RED HERRING.

> Examples of large, modern societies flourishing without the use of taxation?

No one has suggested zero taxation anywhere in the thread that I can find...

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