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Originally Posted by Kyff
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Answer 1
Because the so called failures might be tempted to take up arms and fight for a fair share of wealth if all the government does is protecting the few haves.
Answer 2
The fundament of your question is worng. If done correctly taxation does not "seize the assets" but rather reduces them. Even with the inefficiencies inherent in large operations the result should not be poverty but a more balanced distribution of wealth.
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1. I said failure not failures. I was referring to the concept (as one might refer to poverty, intolerance or bigotry) not people. However if you are arguing it is reasonable for society to furnish resources to an entity out of fear of violence by that entity, would it not be more pragmatic to eliminate said entity? You are advocating racketeering.
To my original question of failure (more specifically failed behaviors), I've several additional questions:
1. If a flame is struggling to catch on the damp siding of your home, do you pile dry kindling next to it in hope the flame will relocate?
2. If your child habitually fails to meet his/ her curfew, do you upgrade their iPhone as incentive to better manage their time?
3. If an employee embezzles do you raise his salary?
4. If man commits rape, do you furnish him a concubine?
2. Any reduction in assets is exacted via seizure whether in part or in whole. Taxation is not voluntary and is executed under penalty of law. Look at any socialist oasis and you will see that they all have one (or more) of three things:
1. Ever increasing effective tax rates
2. Soaring debt
3. Robust economic protectionist policies
The inefficiency inherent to organizations that are funded via extortion necessarily results in poverty, whether internalized or exported.