Are you part of the richest 10% in your country?

Any society based on theft is a failure, I wouldn't even call society. Rich in what? Most people fiat rich are indeed very lonely and poor in many things. Some very rich people life ascetic lives. Some ppoor people live hedonistic lives on credit card debt others are humbly caring for heir families and communities by working 16 hours a day. The human experience is vast and poor does not need to mean poor, like rich does not mean rich. Some cavemen (they still exist) couldn't be more happy. It's complicated. What is not complicated is that theft is not a good starting point for any relationship. A relationship based on voluntary interaction bears more fruits and it invites different qualities of different people poor or rich to the same table. What we see is theft on a grand scale and a massive defense against it. It's alla huge waste of human ingenuity and energy.

How I see it: People, that empower loyal people are improving the problem of corruption. It is not important, if taxes are cut. The only important thing is who pays the taxes and who profits from them. As long as there is government spending, someone will pay taxes.

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30.9% Healthcare: Personal Health -> good energy -> high productive potential -> great economy -> flourishing companies 16.4% Department of Defense: Stability and defense of property -> Who has more, profits more from these spending. Every poor person can migrate anytime. They have nothing to loose. Rich people have companies, houses and land. All these assets can not move therefore they have to be defended. 15.8% Social security: Every worker profits, since it helps stabilize income over his lifetime. It gives security during illness, accidents and when older and the body does not have the ability to be as productive anymore. 36.9% rest: The rest I do not understand in detail. But lets assume every person profits equally from it. Based on these government spending, I think it is reasonable, when the first 47.3% should be payed progressively, means more income results in higher percentage to pay. Since increased monetary wealth increases the need for these spending. 15.8% by all working people, to have insurance. (open to discuss what level of insurance is obligatory) And the rest 36.9% would be split equally on the income. (everyone pays the same percentage on their income.