>>531479>So while you may make 40K annually in gross, you're likely to only have 5-7K as remaining income in the absolute best case scenario if you literally buy the cheapest products and don't spend on anything except the bare necessities. Yet you're still taxed for the full 40K.No you're not. The income tax is progressive. It varies depending on the country, but the first say, 15,000 dollars you make is taxed less than the next say, 30,000 dollars you make after that. Poor people pay a lower percentage of their income in taxes precisely because poor people spend a larger percentage of their income on necessities like rent and food.
>The thing about taxes is that essentially it penalizes you for making moneyNo they don't. That's not how tax brackets work. It's impossible to lose money by increasing one's income, because taxes are levied within brackets. The tax you pay on your 15,000 dollars is not the tax you pay on your next 30,000 dollars, so there is never any point where you're punished for making money. The income tax merely serves to diminish returns on income, which is good for the poor and bad for the rich, hence why the income tax is one of the most progressive taxes in existence.
>and you suddenly have to pay a government that doesn't take care you very much as is on top of thatThe reason the government doesn't take care of you very much is because it doesn't have very much tax revenue. If you want a larger welfare state (and you should), you should desire much higher taxes.
>taxes under capitalism is another form of stealingTheft is okay if it's for the greater good. Property rights are defined and enforced by the state and it can alter society's property norms in whatever way produces the most beneficial outcome.
>Money that is supposed to pave roads, fund healthcare and provide other forms of welfare is instead directed to the US government to do shit like send billions of dollars to Ukraine or invest in absolute garbage like the F-35 or hell, cover the tax-cuts of the rich and shamelessMost US tax money goes to pay for social programs like social security and medicare. Look at this breakdown.
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