The power to tax is the power to destroy, was originaly said by Daniel Webster but it has also become the catch phrase of many “outraged” republicans as they criticize the practices of the IRS. I get it though, nobody likes taxes but you know what the power to tax really is? It is the power to build bridges and establish parks; it is the power to maintain national defense and to give our neighbors who have experienced disaster a helping hand. It is the power to send a man to the moon and to educate our children. It is the power to do collectively all the things that we can’t do individually and even though we don’t like them, the power to tax forms the glue that holds society together.
I dare say all of our lives would be a lot worse without taxes.
I dare say all of our lives would be a lot worse without taxes.
I would dare say that the power to tax is the power to build great things. In the wrong hands, however, extracting revenue from taxpayers can indeed become perverted. Why is it that some schools are missing thousands of dollars in technology? These schools and principals are hurting the cause of education when they say that we need more revenue but cannot keep track of what they already have.
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