I don’t drive on freeways much anymore, but are there still trucks that have signs on the back that state something like “This truck pays $4,362 per year in taxes.”
Shouldn’t there also be a sign that says the government provides $x,xxx per year in services to this truck”?
What is the pro-rata cost of highways for each truck? Snow-plowing? Police investigation of crashes? Police protection of auto drivers harassed by tailgating truckers?
It seems more that someone benefits from taxes the more they complain about taxes. Corporations want well-educated employees, but they don’t want to pay the taxes to educate future employees. They want to sue those they claim have wronged them, but they don’t want to pay the taxes for courts. They want laws to protect their interests, but don’t want to pay the costs of enforcement.
Corporations and others want a military that costs more than then next two or three next largest militaries, but they don’t want to pay the taxes to support that military.
