We aren’t talking about whether the tax rate should be lower or better spent. We are talking about whether or not they ought to exist at all. Bringing in, now, the fact that some are wasted is not relevant to the discussion. The arguments for taxation have nothing to do with the arguments for slavery. This is a false equivalence.
If you could do the math, there are millions of Americans whose ancestors accomplished so much over so many generations, both before and after income taxes were first levied, that if one year's worth of collected income taxes would have been invested wisely right there on Wall Street as early as possible there would be no income taxes necessary at all by now.
