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Originally Posted by The Batlord
So money never belongs to the person who "worked for it"? It's entirely communal? What about property? Where does ownership come into play?
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This is a logical fallacy of the
strawman variety. How do you go from paying a percentage of income to tax to : "So money never belongs to the person who "worked for it"? It's entirely communal?"?
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To JWB, a simplified answer is society's losers are a burden on all of us. Just to illustrate a point - let's say you have a poor person. Scenario A, this person gets welfare taking him our her out of poverty. This costs society some, but hopefully, the welfare will enable this person to become a contributing member of society who pays back in taxes what society spent. But maybe not, it's a gamble. Scenario B, the person is in poverty and receives no help. This person likely has reduced quality of life, has a greater chance of becoming sick, of becoming a criminal, is less likely to become well educated, is more probable to engage in substance abuse etc. That person will also tax society. In money - possibly, particularly if he or she enters the criminal system, but there are other ways of taxing society too.
I think scenario A is generally the best option for a good society.