Taxation - Revision history

BernieandTrumpFan at 20:37, August 27, 2019

2019-08-27T20:37:37Z

1990'sguy: Copyedits -- add info, remove emply "references" section, remove red "see also" links, other.

2019-08-27T20:34:56Z

Copyedits -- add info, remove emply "references" section, remove red "see also" links, other.

BernieandTrumpFan at 20:32, August 27, 2019

2019-08-27T20:32:17Z

1990'sguy: Improve wording, previously over-the-top.

2019-08-27T12:22:02Z

Improve wording, previously over-the-top.

BernieandTrumpFan at 05:54, August 27, 2019

2019-08-27T05:54:16Z

BernieandTrumpFan at 05:48, August 27, 2019

2019-08-27T05:48:24Z

BernieandTrumpFan at 05:47, August 27, 2019

2019-08-27T05:47:19Z

DavidB4-bot: /* See also */clean up & uniformity

2016-06-27T07:11:34Z

‎See also: clean up & uniformity

DavidB4: a little category cleaning

2016-04-12T00:01:58Z

a little category cleaning

TheAmericanRedoubt: /* Quotes on Taxation */

2014-12-17T08:07:50Z

‎Quotes on Taxation

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 *[[Estate tax]]es on inheritances
 *[[Poll tax]]es required in order to vote; they are voluntary
-*[[Rooms and meals tax]]es, charged by local government on restaurant and hotel purchases
+*Rooms and meals taxes, charged by local government on restaurant and hotel purchases
-*"[[Sin tax]]es" which are applied to socially disapproved products such as tobacco and alcohol
+*"Sin taxes" which are applied to socially disapproved products such as tobacco and alcohol
-*[[Pigovian tax]]es are applied to correct [[negative externalities]]
+*Pigovian taxes are applied to correct [[negative externalities]]
 *[[Toll]]s are fees paid by users of a specific piece of [[infrastructure]], like a tollroad or toll bridge
 *[[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.

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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.
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 ==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]]
 ==See also==
 * [[Corporate tax]]
 [[Category:Taxation]]

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 *[[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]].
-*[[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.
+*[[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 taxation generally, 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.

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−	'''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.	+	'''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.

	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.

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 ==Quotes on Taxation==
 *  “The way to crush the [[middle class]] is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and [[inflation]].” -- [[Lenin]]
 ==See also==

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 [[Category:Oppression]]
 [[Category:Welfare State]]
 [[Category:Liberalism]]
 [[Category:Retirement]]
 [[Category:Real Estate]]

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 ==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]]
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 ==See Also==