Quote from achilles28:
Taxes are wealth destructive. The higher the tax, the less people work.
Wealth is work, therefore higher taxes = less wealth created.
The economy should be optimized for maximum wealth creation in the private sector.
90%+ of the worlds problems are economic in origin (sounds very Bearice-ish, I know....). Ie too few resources. Ie not enough money.
Therefore, maximizing wealth generation should be the #1 priority of every Government.
Except Governments act not in the best interests of their people, but in the best interests of themselves.
That means their first priority is to maintain and enlarge the power monopoly of the State.
This is why they continually raise taxes - to stifle economic growth which creates an underclass of impoverished serfs beholden to Government for their very lives. So as the Government crushes the private sector, the ranks of the poor swell, and the more people vote for even Bigger Government. The Welfare State is self-perpetuating, both economically and politically. Which is why bureaucrats continually push the Social Agenda harder and harder. Socialism isn't class warfare, rich versus poor. Socialism is economic warfare, the Ruling Class versus the citizens.