Bill Gates calls for income tax in Washington state
I’m pretty opposed to any income tax.<p>Property tax makes sense, I’m essentially supporting my country &#x2F; region through payment to protect said land.<p>Tax on goods crossing boarder makes sense, I have to pay for inspections and potentially for protection.<p>Tax on sale of good kind of makes sense, because again we need protection (likely equivalent to worth of good).<p>Income tax is this weird one because it seems like punishment for being productive. Arguably we are paying back society for being productive? But that seems odd given we are taxed for everything else.<p>I’m any case, my gripe here is no one should be pro tax IMO, maybe pro “free medical care”. But why would anyone call for taxes. Wealth redistribution already happens with estate tax and honestly (from what we’ve seen in history) wealth redistribution kind of happens automatically.