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Taxation is [[money]] [[coercion|coercively]] extracted from the populace by an agent, typically the [[state]].<ref name="Rothbard_Taxation">[[Murray N. Rothbard]]. [http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16a.asp "4. Binary Intervention: Taxation"], [[Power and Market]], online version, referenced 2010-12-13.</ref> It is a form of [[binary intervention]], creating a hegemonic relationship between the state and the citizen. | Taxation is [[money]] [[coercion|coercively]] extracted from the populace by an agent, typically the [[state]].<ref name="Rothbard_Taxation">[[Murray N. Rothbard]]. [http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16a.asp "4. Binary Intervention: Taxation"], [[Power and Market]], online version, referenced 2010-12-13.</ref> It is a form of [[binary intervention]], creating a hegemonic relationship between the state and the citizen. | ||
==Taxpayers and Tax Consumers== | |||
Funds from taxation must be taken from economic actors and then provided to other economic actors. A person can fall into one of two categories: taxpayers and tax consumers. | |||
*A '''taxpayer''' is a person who pays more tax than he or she receives. | |||
*A '''tax consumer''' is a person who receives more funds from taxation than he or she pays.<ref name="Rothbard_Taxation" /><ref name="Calhoun">John C. Calhoun. [http://www.constitution.org/jcc/disq_gov.htm "A Disquisition on Government"], referenced 2010-12-14.</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 13:28, 13 December 2010
Taxation is money coercively extracted from the populace by an agent, typically the state.[1] It is a form of binary intervention, creating a hegemonic relationship between the state and the citizen.
Taxpayers and Tax Consumers
Funds from taxation must be taken from economic actors and then provided to other economic actors. A person can fall into one of two categories: taxpayers and tax consumers.
- A taxpayer is a person who pays more tax than he or she receives.
- A tax consumer is a person who receives more funds from taxation than he or she pays.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Murray N. Rothbard. "4. Binary Intervention: Taxation", Power and Market, online version, referenced 2010-12-13.
- ↑ John C. Calhoun. "A Disquisition on Government", referenced 2010-12-14.