freediver wrote on Apr 21
st, 2017 at 10:10pm:
Auggie wrote on Apr 21
st, 2017 at 8:24pm:
freediver wrote on Apr 21
st, 2017 at 7:08pm:
Auggie wrote on Apr 20
th, 2017 at 7:58pm:
freediver wrote on Apr 20
th, 2017 at 6:44pm:
Auggie wrote on Apr 20
th, 2017 at 6:03pm:
freediver wrote on Apr 20
th, 2017 at 6:01pm:
It has nothing to do with fairness. One system is not more or less fair than another. Fairness is the argument of last resort. Even your system is progressive in an absolute sense. People on a certain wage pay no tax at all. Some even get negative tax.
Even if you argue that no tax is fair, then look at the outcome: all segments of the society benefit from this tax plan.
Crap.
Crap? Really? How so?
By virtue of being complete BS. "all segments of the society benefit from this tax plan"
Effendi, under this tax plan, everyone pays less tax; ergo, every has more disposable income. I know that socialists like you don't consider this to be a benefit; but I do.
What about the people who benefited from that tax revenue? You really haven't thought this through, have you?
They will be better off because they'll pay either no or less tax. Besides, the NIT provides a guaranteed minimum income for all citizens; they don't have to go through the soul-destroying process of Centrelink to get their payment; plus there are no conditions to receiving such a payment. We would abolish Centrelink completely, and leave other payments, such disability to the States/local councils.
Second, the NIT is based on a libertarian principal. Surely, you would agree, as a anti-establismentarian that Government exists to be relevant and to accumulate more and more power? What's the solution presented by all parties? To pass more laws, and to give government more power. What does this result in? More bureaucrats, more red-tape, more rules that the government requires of citizens to follow, resulting in a soft tyranny of rule-making.
The government just needs to stay out and stop making so many laws and regulations. I believe in small government and personal liberty and choice. Also, the government sucks at pretty much everything, except collecting taxes and protecting people from harm.