No Misesian views taxes with anything but suspicion, and Mises himself held some principled views on taxes: Taxes are necessary.
But the system of discriminatory taxation universally accepted under the misleading name of progressive taxation of income and inheritance is not a mode of taxation.
No American politician running for office wants to talk about taxes—unless, of course, it’s to promise a tax cut.
The same is true of calls from the populist right for increased middle-class benefits such as increased child tax credits and earned income credits.
Americans also pay state and local taxes on real property, personal property, retail sales, alcohol and tobacco.
It is important to remember that government interference always means either violent action or the threat of such action.
Other tax proposals sit on the horizon.
https://mises.org/mises-wire/be-prepared-hear-more-about-taxes-taxes-taxes
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