Reply To: No Taxation with Representation

America is a democracy. We tax ourselves. If public opinion favored closing down government services and abolishing taxes, it would come to pass.

The issue you are missing, is that since we go by majority vote, we can have a situation where a 51% “poorer” majority favors taking the money from the 49% “richer” minority.

I think that is essentially what is happening now. Approximately half the country does not have any net federal tax liability. (This year I had a tax rate of -7.05%). Then, the same people vote for representatives who will raise their benefits, by taking more money from the richer half who does pay the taxes. You see the problem?

They call it the 99% against the 1%. Well, that is what I am talking about.