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earbitscom
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I Think Your App Should Be Free
Everybody pays taxes that are invested in products and services for all to share, not one person.
orangecat
on Oct 5, 2011
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A large proportion of taxes are for the purpose of wealth redistribution. We do it because giving $900 to a poor person (arguably) results in more of a benefit than the harm caused by taxing a rich person $1000 and spending $100 in overhead.
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