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'''Taxation''' is how [[government]]s obtain [[money]] in order to provide services required for the common good.
'''Taxation''' is how [[government]]s confiscate [[money]] from working-class citizens in order to provide what they define as services required for the "common good." What registers as the common good is of course defined by said government.
There are many kinds of taxes, just as there are many things that are (or are not) considered to be in the common good.
There are many kinds of taxes, just as there are many things that are (or are not) considered to be in the common good.
*[[Value Added Tax|Value added tax]] is charged to manufacturers on the increase in value from raw materials to finished product (and of course passed along to consumers of the product); it is common in Europe and not used in the U.S.
*[[Value Added Tax|Value added tax]] is charged to manufacturers on the increase in value from raw materials to finished product (and of course passed along to consumers of the product); it is common in Europe and not used in the U.S.
*[[Excise tax]] is a special tax on the production or sale of some specific good or commodity. It is an inland tax, rather than a Tariff. The US federal government was run on excise taxes from various forms of alcohol until [[prohibition]].
*[[Excise tax]] is a special tax on the production or sale of some specific good or commodity. It is an inland tax, rather than a Tariff. The US federal government was run on excise taxes from various forms of alcohol until [[prohibition]].
*[[Carbon tax]]es are applied to all carbon-based products or products which require the use of carbon. The tax, most recently instituted by the Liberal government of [[Canada]], mainly targets [[fossil fuels]], and is supposedly intended to circumvent [["climate change"]]. However, since the theory of the Earth rapidly warming up due to technological innovations by humankind within the last few centuries is fictitious, it appears that the only true purpose of this tax is to concentrate greater power in the hands of each centralized government which utilizes it, and, as with all taxation, to confiscate earned money from hard-working Western citizens.
Most systems of taxation not only use a combination of several of these, but have many exceptions (and loopholes) from universal application - for instance, a sales tax might not apply to food or clothing.
Most systems of taxation not only use a combination of several of these, but have many exceptions (and loopholes) from universal application - for instance, a sales tax might not apply to food or clothing.