Oddbean new post about login | logout I tried saying, and repeating 20 years ago to anybody who would listen. The government should be banned from leveraging computers in ANY way to tally, track or process any data about US citizens. Including the IRS, DMV, as the lowest level. There will never be an exit from this.
Would the government ban itself from this? You can't solve the problems caused by the state through the state.
Theoretically, there is a Congress, which represents the best interests of the citizens who elect them. Of course, most here know that's a fairytale. Nullified in the early 1900s
This is one argument for the abolition of the income tax. It eliminates one source of information gathering/ surveillance of the public and all of your individual and household economic activity. Pretty much every other tax is preferable to the income tax from a privacy perspective. #taxes #privacy nostr:nevent1qqs93zaskk4zd4kapumpmrxr4ylecyfx7dee8r4cm5zcs5eynxtuhdgpz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcpzqan986kedkvzx46hveujfe0khcay7a7yxnt5g7u2pgqcffqg4zzgqvzqqqqqqyfvjs02
I don't like any taxes, but If we are going to have taxes, I'd like to replace 100% of taxes with a sales tax and that tax must be broken out showing how much is paid to each level of government. If everyone time someone bought something, they saw how much is being stolen from them they'd be a lot more likely to complain and realize they aren't getting anything for free. Right now, because income taxes are taken out before they receive a penny, lots of people don't think they pay any taxes so they truly believe they get lots of free stuff.