Law is complicated for many reasons. Private people (here referred to as the personally taxed) don’t have the means, both financial and time, sometimes also the ability to understand the language used in lawmaking, which isn’t made to be easily understood, to keep up with the law. Normally people aren’t really expected to, if you’re a “good” person (morality being subjective and cultural, of course), you’re unlikely to break a law and get punished for it (not diving into edge cases of people forced by their circumstances). But then you’re forced to comply with tax law. If it’s automated, you can get unrightfully made to pay more without your knowledge. If it’s not, you get forced into a game staged against you. People shouldn’t be taxed. Tax should be solely handled by the companies, because they have the means to hire people dedicated to taxes. I feel like this is very important and tax is frequently brought up in many ways, but I don’t see people speaking of this and I’d love to!

Disclaimer: I file for tax literally refreshing for it to be available and help other people with their tax. It’s precisely why I think personal taxation is wrong. I know too many people who paid way too much in tax and didn’t know and cannot claim it, because it’s been too long since.

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Taxes strike me as one of the more bizarre inefficiencies of capitalism. Instead of having the entity that prints the money, nominally owns all the land, nominally builds all the infrastructure, sets all the regulations, and administers large sections of society handle it’s own finances, we’ve got like five thousand different entities jostling for tax income, while a hundred million individual taxpayers try to skeeve out of their tax responsibilities, and huge parts of the country can’t sustain basic infrastructure and public services? Most rational economic system.

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      I didn’t even think of this! Thank you for putting out this perspective. meow-hug It’s indeed very dumb.

      Also, if you have a pronoun chosen and put “none” in the second slot, only the first slot will be displayed. Just in case you didn’t know, but maybe you like being a he/him he/him so sorry for assuming. >////<‘’

      • ElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        Also, if you have a pronoun chosen and put “none” in the second slot, only the first slot will be displayed. Just in case you didn’t know, but maybe you like being a he/him he/him so sorry for assuming. >////<‘’

        Holy shit, I didn’t even realize that was an option! Damn I really like the comrade part though

        If I could be comrade he/him comrade he/him that would be best