I’m not all-in on the argument here, but it is premised on this, and it rings true: “Thus anti-tax rhetoric is intended both to shield the rich from taxation and to starve government services that increase the autonomy of poor and working people.“
Radical Taxation - Dissent Magazine
Taxes demonstrate the legitimacy of democratic control of the economy. This is what conservatives cannot accept—and what surviving climate change will require.
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