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The Futility Of The C-Word Debate | Ep. 127

Dropping In With Charlie Houpert

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The Philosophy Behind Taxes

Elon musk tweeteder that he's going to pay 11 billion in taxes this year. This comes to the question of how and why do people pay taxes. Are they paying are they paying because they are able? Are they paying because their neighbors prefer them to? Do we just tax people based on majority rule? What is the philosophical principle behind taxes? And i don't know that's been clearly articulated.

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