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33.64% - At some threshold of taxation, there's no honest word for it other than taking â€” the government doesn't have a better claim to your income than you do.
17.27% - Government doesn't grant you rights â€” you're born with them; the moment you accept 'some' restrictions on freedom, you've opened the floodgates.
11.36% - A tax cut returns money to the person who earned it â€” recognition that government was taking something that belonged to you and is now taking a little less.
9.09% - Wherever government takes over â€” healthcare, education, housing â€” costs rise and quality stagnates; the pattern is consistent enough to be a law of nature.
8.18% - Government can't be fired for wasting money and has no incentive to innovate â€” that's why every government project runs over budget and underperforms.
5.00% - A government operation can't be fired for waste and faces no competitive pressure to innovate â€” every incentive that makes private enterprises perform is missing, which is why government projects run over budget.
5.00% - Happiness would be maximized in a more equatable world.
4.09% - A government check is unearned and other people’s money.
4.09% - No system can be completely fair.
2.27% - A tax cut is your money coming back to you â€” calling it equivalent to a welfare check ignores whose money it was in the first place.

Argument 134

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Taxing or otherwise penalizing success is the wrong response to people building something valuable.

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Rebuttal

24.39% - Trustfund kids and internet billionaires do not deserve the money they have got.
21.36% - The degree of wealth inequality in America is beyond acceptable.
18.03% - Happiness would be maximized in a more equatable world.
18.03% - Success should be rewarded with a greater share of the spoils
9.09% - Taxes are not punitive.
9.09% - Taxes are not stealing.

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