Unpopular opinion: Taxes are not the problem (at least if you have empathy) but corruption and the ability to decide where they are spent. Choosing where taxes are invested previously requires a system that reflects the will of each of the individuals in a reliable way.

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Its a FED. Taxes are not tge problem. Hahah tgis is probably your senator on nostr.
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Unpopular opinion: Taxes are not the problem (at least if you have empathy) but corruption and the ability to decide where they are spent. Choosing where taxes are invested previously requires a system that reflects the will of each of the individuals in a reliable way.
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You do realize you just contradicted yourself by saying the state can spend better if you decide where they go.. so why not just you decide where your money goesโ€ฆ
Yes, but it doesn't have to be another human, it can be an incorruptible system. I'm not saying it's easy, most won't even try to understand what I've stated and will accuse me of FED Just like Satoshi created a free currency maybe someone will be able to put together the technological pieces that allow that system. And with that imaginary incorruptible system, taxes themselves wouldn't be the problem, that's where I wanted to get to. I imagine that in such a system the tax burden would be really low and we would finance the most basic and necessary goods for society. I think Bitcoin is perhaps the first founding stone of such a system.
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