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jlawson
on Aug 19, 2020
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What harm do minimum wages do?
Only possible thanks to government policy wielded through regulatory capture. Not a free market outcome.
dmitriid
on Aug 19, 2020
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Ok then. What would taxes look like in a "free market" where "no one is entitled to anything"?
OCASM
on Aug 19, 2020
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There would be no taxes, only voluntary cooperation.
dmitriid
on Aug 19, 2020
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What is this ideal world, I want to live in it.
Reality and all of history tells us that doesn't work at scale.
OCASM
on Aug 20, 2020
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The US used to have very little taxation. It worked fine then. Ever increasing government reach wasn't always the norm.
dmitriid
on Aug 20, 2020
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When was this "very little taxation that worked"?
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