01-09-2016, 01:00 PM
(01-07-2016, 02:07 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: We have such an interesting culture here. We are a developed, western nation but because our country was essentially founded on the idea of hating taxes we don't want to pay for anything. I often wonder what the attitude towards taxation is like in countries with a higher tax rate and all of the services that it affords them.
When I started first learning about government in elementary school it didn't take me long to realize taxes aren't the worst thing in the world. In fact they can *gasp* be good! There's nothing evil about the concept.
I think if a lot of people learned about subjects like taxes before hearing what their mom, dad, or dog thought there wouldn't be all of these pre conceived notions about certain topics that leads toward uneducated bias. Some people are so influenced by the world around them they can't see the forest through the trees.
