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RE: My definition of Socialism and why you do not need force to realize it
You think you need that yacht? Fine. It has a nice luxury tax on it. You think you need that third home? Same thing.
Wow, I did not think you where that much of a socialist xD
Cool to see that you would see the taxation of goods as a step in the right direction. I had a very similar line of thinking, when I heard the idea (no more tax shelters, less bureaucracy, tax hit "the right people") . I was never someone who cried about the high tobacco taxes. If a cigarette is really expensive I might value it higher and not smoke 10 per day. Decent beer and decent water are around the same price tag in Germany, btw. Buying a can of coke is usually a little more expensive than a bottle of beer...
If we must have government and we must have taxes then VOLUNTARY taxes are the only kind I support.
Though ultimately I don't think we would need a government and I think to some degree we are making strides towards that. Yet present day VOLUNTARY taxes (voluntary also means not required to survive, not coerced, etc) are something I would support. I also know it could easily fund governments. They are very wasteful at the moment primarily because they CAN BE and no one stops them and the claim of "classified, secret, national security, etc." allows fraud and corruption to go unaudited.
I don't actually believe the government has much need of secrets.
In a democracy a government should not be allowed to have any secrets towards its people.