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Avinash_Tyagi on 17 June 2009
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TheRealMafoo said:
NJ5 said:
Mafoo is a conservative idealist who is very far removed from reality. It's not the first time I see him wanting to portray government-provided services as "slavery", which really cracks me up.

Ok, so if we were a country of 2 people. (you and me), and I made $10 and hour, and you made $20. A service we wanted for our country cost $2000 each (let's say health care).

If I "taxed" you $3000 for this service, and I was "taxed" $1000, I would have to work 100 hours to pay for it, and you would have to work 150 (50 of those so I could have health care).

How is forcing you to work 50 hours for my benefit not slavery?


Well actually by merely taxing the $20 wage earner $2670 and the $10 wage earner $1330 would result in both worker working about 133 hours to pay for the service, an equitable result



 

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