Give And Take, Take

A way of viewing the removal of money through taxation is that it's part of the mechanism for the redistribution of wealth. Consider the huge amount paid out in benefits. By taking money from taxpayers, always justifying it with it's never enough so we need more and more and more..., this provides the means to make the beneficiaries even more dependent on the state.

Control leads to absolute control.

Make the so-called middle rich poorer and provide the 'poor' with funds in the process making them 'grateful' to the generous state. It also enables the benefit claimant to become a fully fledged consumer funded by the taxpayer. The clear winner here is business. But for every winner there must be a loser. Divide the nation of poor and not quite so poor, leaving the minority of the wealthy to bleed everyone else. And it's virtually invisible, certainly not really noticed. All covered up by capitalism and the belief that everyone is getting richer.

Tax breaks. Increasing the tax allowances of all taxpayers may sound reasonable, but the 'super-rich' benefit hugely. The 'ordinary' taxpayer subsidises the wealthy. What goes out comes back in, but with more in.

Expressed mathematically:

Give 1 = Take 1 + Take 2

Take 2 is the subsidy paid to the rich that makes them richer at the expense of those with less ability to afford it.