Quote Originally Posted by red states rule View Post
Why should a small minority pay the majority of the taxes?
No real reason, "because I said so" is as good as any. No, I'm not being difficult. It just depends on how society wants things to work. There are no natural rules involved, societies work out their taxation rules as it suits them.
But, having said that, the issue of "fairness" comes to mind.

Quote Originally Posted by red states rule:

Why should those who use government services the least, pay the most in taxes?
Capacity to pay their fair share. Unless you want an excruciating difficult system of "user pays" you'll go with it.

Quote Originally Posted by red states rule:
Why should those who use government services the most, pay the least in taxes?
Because it's not based on use but on need.