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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....

taxes are just a way of motivating ppl to work for the fun coupons. this includes the ppl who are selling the chickens, the oranges, the houses, and the ferraris. as long as they are all sufficiently motivated, the system "works".

individuals can accrue value outside the system of fun coupons by buying assets that accumulate fun coupons. this can be considered "real" wealth. because this accumulation isn't accumulation of fun coupons, there is no excess fun coupon to tax.

in essence, they act as fun coupon coordinators and as such do the government a FAVOR by imbuing the fun coupons with VALUE. e.g. when fun coupons flow through Amazon, Amazon is imbuing the coupons with Actual Value. it's coordinating behavior on behalf of the government

a combination of taxes and needing fun coupons to buy stuff on amazon and other stuff like houses and cats creates the sum total energy that gives the fun coupons value. taxes alone do not give the coupons enough value. you need a free market to make it a Real Carnival.

this is the essence of the argument for lower taxes on business expenses and capital gains. they are doing the coupon originator a FAVOR by finding differing ways to USE the coupons!

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