"Pay your fair share."
Sure, but how does one determine what "fair" is? That's always been the magic question. Generally, people who say this also say things like "how much is enough?"
When we used to play hockey or soccer we'd all pay "our fair share" and it was a straight calculation. It cost, for example, $300 to rent the ice, field or gym divide that by the number of players, say, 15 so everyone kicked in $20. Simple. None of this, well, Herbert you make so much more money than Dudley it's only "fair" you put in $25 and he $15. Plus poor Dudley was molested as a child by Mr. Carlson. I mean, have a heart for the love of Vishnu. Besides, it's not "right" you chose to go work for a profitable ergo evil company that exists thanks to its greedy need to enslave others in far away distant lands.
Of course, then Harry would be upset because he also made less than Herbert but more than Dudley and calculated he owed just $17.43. Poor Herbert ended up paying $42 by the time all was said and done.
But it's ok. You see, it was determined by the others Herbert could afford it. He indeed could ergo making them feel justified.
Paul was subsidized by all given he was unemployed and fallen on hard times. His girlfriend two-timing him with Herbert behind the RC Cola machine, whom he hardly knew, didn't help. So the others simply felt it was better to keep him in shape and off the streets.
Only Motisu didn't agree choosing to go off the grid and find himself a group of like-minded individuals where they operated like the good old days.
Ok. I'm getting a little silly.
Anyway, it was all understood before you said "yes" you had to pay a flat rate. I know it's different to expand this into a complex eco-system like society and its government, but the logic can still be used on some level I reckon.
Did I just advocate for a flat tax?
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