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'''Taxation''' is how [[government]]s obtain [[money]] to provide what they define as services required for the "common good." What registers as the common good is defined by said government.
'''Taxation''' is how [[government]]s obtain [[money]] to provide what they define as services required for the "common good." What registers as the common good is defined by said government. Taxation can also be used to advance political or social goals, as seen in wealth or soda taxes.
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.
==Quotes on Taxation==
==Quotes on Taxation==
* “The way to crush the [[middle class]] is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and [[inflation]].” -- [[Lenin]]
* "The way to crush the [[middle class]] is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and [[inflation]]." -- [[Lenin]]
* "Witholding of payment of taxes is one of the quickest methods of overthrowing a government." -- [[Gandhi]]
* "Witholding of payment of taxes is one of the quickest methods of overthrowing a government." -- [[Gandhi]]
==See also==
==See also==
* [[Corporate tax]]
* [[Corporate tax]]
[[Category:Taxation]]
[[Category:Taxation]]