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Comment by nemo44x

Filing taxes is good because it’s a reminder you pay taxes. Everyone who earns money should gave to go through this if only to remind you to hold government accountable. It’s not that taxes are bad, but that they should be justified.

A government that just does them for you might sound nice but in the end just makes people even more complacent and subdued. Every tax paying person should be conscious of this. A paycheck withholdings isn’t enough. It’s internalized too much. The yearly reckoning (and massive bill in a year you managed to have sone luck) is a great bit of clear headedness.

parent nemo44x 3 years ago

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