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Comment by HighPlainsDrftr

IMHO - I think this is where we are really screwing up as a society. We shouldn't need accountants and lawyers just to live our lives. We need lawyers when we are in trouble. Need accountants to keep track of our finances. But should we really need them just to live, do something new in an unknown area?

My personal opinion is that we spend too much on lawyers and accountants. Our society should be optimized to let people focus on their ideas - bring in cash flow - and lift the entire society up when possible.

That said - I'm not sure I have a good solution here. I don't think we should tax income (don't punish people for working). I go back and forth on sales taxes (I kinda like use taxes, but again, that negatively affects a significant amount of the population un-proportionately). A chunk of the world uses VAT. I'm researching VAT closer.

We can make this a more fair, easier to operate in world than we have now. I'm a supporter of that.

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