Taxation is an idea I like; it’s tax redistribution that’s a problem

Bagamoyo road in Dar , Tanzania

Motorists drive along Bagamoyo Road in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. PHOTO | HERMAN EMMANUEL | XINHUA

Few things can deepen a meditation on the nature of the State and governance quite like a yearly invitation to hand over a share of one’s alleged income in the form of taxation.

I remain some kind of leftist at heart, if we are stuck together in this late-stage capitalist hellscape, we might as well try to beef up our collective welfare by contributing to the communal kitty.