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barumi | 5 years ago

> Examples of large, modern societies flourishing without the use of taxation?

This is a disingenuous red herring.

It's one thing to claim that some amount of taxes to finance public spending can be benefitial to society.

It's an entirely different thing to claim that taxing remote work brings any benefit to society.

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dwaltrip|5 years ago

I was responding to a comment about “ruining everything good with taxation”.

barumi|5 years ago

Sounds to me like taxing WFH fits the description of "ruining everything good with taxation".

I mean, there's already a progressive income tax. Why should society create incentives to commute to work?

_v7gu|5 years ago

You can collect taxes without ruining everything