With the levels of corruption in Argentina taxes are pretty much just a way to give money to politicians.
It doesn’t matter. That is an issue with the politicians not taxation. If you were to abolish taxes you’d also have to figure out a way to run your society without money because you won’t be paying for shit without them.
Taxes are mostly to control the flow of money and to give a currency legitimacy (if you need dollars to pay taxes, you likely will want to earn in dollars).
Governments that control their own supply of money can print and use money freely.
They don’t use the money from taxes to fund anything, that wouldn’t make sense.
Programs and agencies are funded NOW, while taxes are collected later.
If there is inflation, the state can just raise taxes. If there is no economic activity (deflation), just increase spending.
Orthodox economists, classical liberals, are fucking dumb and live in dreamland.
Case in point, there are countries that collect very little to no taxes. Like Saudi Arabia, formerly Libya, North Korea etc. They still have/had extensive government programs.
Business taxes – including corporate income tax and self-employed income tax at a standard rate of 20% on business profits; VAT-registered businesses also pay VAT at a standard rate of 15%
Withholding taxes (WHT) – payable by non-residents on income made in Saudi Arabia, at a rate of between 5% and 20%
Real estate transaction tax (RETT) – effective from October 2020, this is payable on property transactions at a rate of 5%
White land tax (WLT) – payable by owners of urban vacant land designated for commercial or residential use at an annual rate of 2.5% of market value.
Social security contributions – paid by Saudi employees at the rate of up to 10% of their salary, with the employer also contributing up to 12%
Zakat – a kind of charitable tax that is linked to the Islamic faith and contributes towards those in need, charged at 2.5% on the net worth of all Saudi nationals and businesses.
There are a shit ton of taxes in Saudi Arabia. Because they need it to pay for shit.
