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Re:Why northern Europe is so indebted by droopyEyelids on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @10:44AM (#35246919)
In your system, courts and law are not part of the government?
Re:Why northern Europe is so indebted by yakubin on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @10:51AM (#35247027)
No? Government is the people currently elected. Nothing to do with courts. And law was decided by previous governments. Giving money to the current/future government to create new law which you like is called lobbying, or bribing (whatever floats your boat).
Re:Why northern Europe is so indebted by TheCoelacanth on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @12:18PM (#35263377)
Taxes don't only pay for what you have defined as "government". They pay for everything the state does, including courts and enforcement of laws.
Re:Why northern Europe is so indebted by yakubin on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @04:56PM (#35266978)
Yes, but if you demand that everyone pays proportionally to the benefit they get, then the threat of moving capital to another country has an outsize influence on politics within the country. So the rich get even more say about how taxes are spent than they normally do, by literally voting with their wallets. And thus state’s spending is optimised to protect the interests of the rich with little regard for the poor.