wait a sec....the government doesn't actually need taxes since it is the originator of the fun coupons it hands out. the only purpose is to imbue the fun coupons w/ value b/c you NEED them to keep away the tax police. this is why taxes are mostly honor system....
an interesting thought experiment is that if taxes imbue the coupons w/ value b/c of the threat of violence, in an increasingly less physically violent world, is it possible to do away with taxes altogether? as long the same motivated exists economically, taxes aren't necessary
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e.g. something like every individual as a sovereign entrepreneur and reducing tax deductions to zero like amazon does. individuals should strive to BE like amazon with 0 taxes, not the other way around w/ amazon paying taxes
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otherwise you LOSE the mechanism of the fun coupons having value and no one can coordinate anymore.
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if a system sufficiently motivates everyone to reduce their taxes to 0 by starting businesses, then each person will generate value perfectly in a closed loop system. the money will be like refrigerant that doesn't leak.
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of course, the reality is that taxes can be gamed and that most businesses probably will not provide value and just be kinda debt driven zombies that sap away wealth. (since most ppl can't really run a business, yeah i've watched kitchen nightmares)
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