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Public Goods and the Non-Neutrality of Taxes

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  • Larry J Sechrest

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This article analyzes the non-neutrality of taxes in the context of public goods. If the main objective of the government is to protect individual rights, and if such rights include the essential right to earn and retain a part of the income, then every attempt to finance government creates a contradiction. The existence of government becomes essential to protect the individual rights, and in this context it is true that the government has to have the finances. The finances are accrued through the imposition of involuntary taxation. But the imposition of such taxes leads to the violation of rights by redistributing the incomes, both absolutely and relatively. The article concludes that the only way out is to raise government finances entirely through either voluntary contributions, or fees for specific services rendered.

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  • Larry J Sechrest, 2005. "Public Goods and the Non-Neutrality of Taxes," The IUP Journal of Public Finance, IUP Publications, vol. 0(2), pages 62-71, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:icf:icfjpf:v:03:y:2005:i:2:p:62-71
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