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By Logan Marie Glitterbomb. Original article: Taxation is Theft: An Anarchist Guide to Taxation, published on April 23rd, 2024. Translated into Chinese by Phoenix. “向富人征税”（“Tax the rich”）是左翼中耳熟能详的口号，由于“左翼团结”，甚至许多自诩无政府主义者的人也附和了这一说法。另一方面，“税收即盗窃”（“Taxation is theft”） 这一口号，尽管更契合无政府主义理念，却因其与右翼自由意志主义者的关联，使得许多无政府主义者不愿重复。既然税收是军事警察国家的主要资金来源，而留给一个微乎其微的福利施舍体系的不过是些许残羹冷炙，无政府主义者又为何要支持为这个体系输送更多资金呢——无论最终由谁买单。 当你进一步追问所谓的“向富人征税”究竟意味着什么，事情便显得更加可疑。通常，这种主张主要通过两种方式实现：所得税和企业税。一方面，负所得税（negative income tax）长期受到右翼和左翼自由意志主义者的推崇，被视为一种为（非全民）基本收入制度提供资金的潜在途径。另一方面，所得税——即使是累进的——也存在直接掠夺个人劳动成果的问题，而对于一个经过资产审查而非全民覆盖的基本收入制度而言，这种做法似乎并不明智。没错，大多数富人自己并不劳动，而是攫取被剥削者的劳动成果；但让政府掠夺更多，只会让问题变得更糟，而不是在解决它。 至于对企业征税，企业本身并不承担这些税款。相反，它们通过提高物价将税负转嫁给消费者，这意味着这类税收对工人阶级的打击最为沉重。又或者，它们会迁往税收更低的地区，并带走就业岗位，这就是所谓的“资本外逃”；失业的加剧，结果依然是工人阶级首当其冲。 薪资税（payroll tax）与所得税一样饱受诟病，但对工人的伤害甚至更加直接。所得税的征税范围覆盖各种收入来源，而并非所有收入都直接来自劳动；而薪资税本质上与个人雇佣关系捆绑，因此会直接压低工人的实际工资，且往往还被拿去为那些大多数工人永远不会直接受益的项目买单。 销售税天然具有累退性，因为一个人越贫穷，用于消费而非储蓄的收入比例就越高，这意味着低收入人群因销售税扣除的收入比例远高于富人。许多右翼人士似乎对这种负面影响漠不关心，他们积极鼓吹“单一税”（Flat Tax），即废除国税局（IRS）及所有其他税种，取而代之的是单一的销售税。虽然这种方案废除了国税局并取消了所有其他税种是一个积极面，而且通过阿戈拉主义的（Agorist）的方式，销售税或许也比其他税种更容易规避。但在现阶段，我们无法仅靠阿戈拉主义经济模式生存，因此每当政府提高税率、物价上涨而收入未能同步提高时，我们依然会感受到其带来的冲击。 近几十年来主流讨论中，出现过一个较为激进的税收提案——“公平税”（Fair Tax）。该方案得到前总统候选人加里·约翰逊（Gary Johnson）等自由意志党成员以及“茶党”运动中许多人的支持，“公平税”主张废除国税局，转而采用单一销售税并结合全民基本收入（UBI）计划。虽然销售税由于穷人最终消费其净收入的较大比例而成为一种累退税，但若将其与设定在贫困线水平的 UBI 相结合，它实际上就成为了一项累进税方案。虽然穷人可能会预先支付更多税款，但那些低于贫困线的人通过其 UBI 支票收回的资金将超过他们所缴纳的税款，这意味着他们实际上承担了零税负，并且能从 UBI 中获得了足够的额外收入以维持在贫困线以上。这可以被视为向更公正的税收制度的一份尚可接受的过渡方案。 资本利得税是对出售股票、债券、贵金属、房地产以及其他价值超过一定额度的资产时所产生的利润所征收的税。虽然这类在高收入家庭中负担更重，因为他们更有可能持有能产生应税收益的资产；但他们也更有能力延期或规避税负，因为只有在资产出售时才会触发纳税义务。而且当富人把资产卖给穷人时，还能通过将税负直接计入价格，从而转嫁给低收入纳税人。资本利得税同样降低了低收入人群进行投资的自身承受能力，使他们更难摆脱贫困陷阱。 股息税是对企业向股东支付的股息所征收的税。这类税经常受到批评，因为在许多司法管辖区，股息收入还会作为所得税体系下的“非劳动收入”被再次征税，进而导致双重征税。 根据卡托研究所（Cato Institute）的观点： 首先，高额股息税加剧了所得税法规对储蓄和投资的普遍偏见。其次，高额股息税导致企业过度依赖债务融资，而非股权融资。高负债企业在经济低迷时期更容易陷入破产。第三，高额的股息税会削弱企业发放股息的积极性，转而倾向于保留收益。这可能导致企业高管投资于浪费或无利可图的项目。 此类税收不仅会抑制投资，还会抑制了企业将投资回报分配给股东，从而使普通人的投资变得更加困难。 从托宾税（Tobin Tax）到罗宾汉税（Robin…
By Logan Marie Glitterbomb. Original: Taxation is Theft:An Anarchist Guide to Taxation, published on April 23, 2024. Translated into Burmese by Hein Htet Kyaw. လက်ဝဲဝါဒီတော်တော်များများသည် “လူချမ်းသာများကို အခွန်ကောက်ပါ” ဟု ကြွေးကြော်လေ့ရှိကြပြီး လက်ဝဲစည်းလုံးညီညွတ်မှု၏ အကျိုးရလဒ်အဖြစ် အချို့သော မင်းမဲ့ဝါဒီတို့ကပင်လျှင် ပြောဆိုလာကြသည်။ တစ်ဖက်တွင်လည်း “အခွန်အတုတ်သည် ခိုးမှု ” ဟူသော ဆောင်ပုဒ်သည် မင်းမဲ့ဝါဒီအခြေခံမူများနှင့် ပိုမိုကိုက်ညီသည်။ သို့ရာတွင် မင်းမဲ့ဝါဒီများစွာမှာ ၎င်း “ဆောင်ပုဒ်” အား လက်ယာလစ်ဘာတေးရီးယန်း (မူရင်းလစ်ဘရယ်) ဝါဒနှင့် ဆက်စပ်နေသောကြောင့် ရှောင်ရှားကြသည်။ အခွန်ငွေအများစုသည် စစ်တပ်နှင့် ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့အတွက်…
Por Logan Marie Glitterbomb. Artigo original: Taxation is Theft: An Anarchist Guide to Taxation, de 01/09/2024. Traduzido em português por Estefano E. “Taxem os ricos” é um bordão muito comum na esquerda que, graças a sua união, ecoou até mesmo entre vários auto-proclamados anarquistas. “Imposto é roubo”, por outro lado, é um slogan que vários…
Oleh: Logan Marie Glitterbomb | @MakhnoTits, Teks aslinya berjudul Taxation is Theft: An Anarchist Guide to Taxation, diterjemahkan oleh Sachadru. “Kenakan pajak pada orang kaya” adalah seruan yang sering terdengar dari kaum kiri, yang berkat persatuan kiri, bahkan telah diulangi oleh banyak orang yang mengaku sebagai anarkis. Di sisi lain, “Pajak adalah pencurian” adalah slogan yang banyak…
“Tax the rich” is an all too common refrain on the left which, thanks to left unity, has even been echoed by many self-proclaimed anarchists. “Taxation is theft” on the other hand is a slogan many anarchists are hesitant to repeat due to its association with right-libertarians despite it being far more consistent with anarchist…
This month we are joined by Logan Marie Glitterbomb, leading an awesome conversation about the fundamentals of Agorism, as well as its lesser-known forms and environmentalist potential. We’re also talking about Mardi Gras, Logan’s legal incident, gun control and more. A Catholic anarchist-without-adjectives, Logan Marie discovered anarchism through the punk scene in high school and…
As my listeners may have noticed, there has not been a new episode of the Green Market Agorist podcast this month. This is because Green Market Agorist will be taking a backseat for the time being as I focus on other projects. Dont worry! The podcast isn’t over! It’s not even officially on hiatus so…
Can the market anarchist and social ecologist perspectives be reconciled? In this episode of Green Market Agorist, Logan interviews Mason Herson-Hord, an organizer and writer who also serves on the board of the Institute for Social Ecology. They discuss ecological philosophy, Mason’s work, and how markets and ecology might fit together. Now more than ever, these…
In this month’s episode, Logan Marie Glitterbomb talks with YouTuber MilitiaSlim about his recruitment into white supremacy as a teenager and his evolution into an anti-racist skinhead. Find MilitiaSlim on YouTube here. Credits: Intro song: Greenwashing by Appalachian Terror Unit Outro song: Secrets (Grooving mix) by Zoë Blade —————————————————————————————— Donate to Logan’s legal fund! …
Don’t let the title fool you. Even if you’ve been a C4SS supporter for years, Logan Marie Glitterbomb’s deep dive into the center’s history and mission is a good listen for fellow travelers of all stripes. You might be surprised to learn that not everything you read on Twitter is true… —————————————————————————————— Donate to Logan’s…
In this month’s episode, Logan Marie Glitterbomb and Jeffrey Novatore talk about anarchism during a pandemic and how to balance rights and safety. Jeffrey Novatore: https://twitter.com/JNovatore
Green Market Agorist Episode 15: Economic Calculation in the Spooky Commonwealth (feat. James Weeks)
Do we still need bosses? What would a real free-market look like? Can egoists work a day job? Dig into these questions and more with the always-amusing James Weeks and your host Logan Marie Glitterbomb. Running show notes for Green Market Agorist: Logan’s legal fund: https://gogetfunding.com/legal-defense-for-logan-glitterbomb/ LIMITED EDITION shirt to help fund with Logan’s legal…
In this episode of Green Market Agorist, Logan Glitterbomb interviews recent addition to the C4SS podcast team, Leslee Petersen. Leslee joined the team to host The Hadal Quadrants, a new show on the C4SS podcast network. You can find the first episode here. We’ll also soon be migrating Green Market Agorist to the same hosting…
Hello podcast fans! I’m excited to share that our podcast network continues to grow. This is largely thanks to the loyalty and support of our listeners, supporters on Patreon, and friends of the Center. So thanks!! This support not only allows us to keep making great programs like Mutual Exchange Radio and The Enrages, but it…
In this episode of Green Market Agorist, host Logan Marie Glitterbomb interviews private detective Ann Skelerton about what exactly a PD does and the potential role for private investigators and detectives in a stateless society. As Logan notes at the top, GMA is now part of the C4SS podcast lineup! That means that very soon,…
In the 12th installment of the Green Market Agorist Podcast, Logan Marie Glitterbomb sits down with a special, anonymous guest to discuss their experiences with cannabis, LSD, kratom, and other drugs. They talk about medicinal and recreational use, explore some of the depictions of drug use in media, and touch on some of the risks…
We’re excited to have Logan Glitterbomb’s Green Market Agorist podcast on the C4SS line-up this year! Check out the most recent episode — released in conjunction with the Coup de Gras festival earlier this month — below. You can subscribe to the Green Market Agorist podcast on Anchor or Spotify, but we’ll be also be sharing episodes…
Big things are happening in the world of C4SS audio content! We’ve got a new show joining the lineup — Logan Glitterbomb’s Green Market Agorist podcast, previously unaffiliated, will now be supported by the C4SS podcast team, and available here on the site and on Patreon. And we’ve updated our Patron-only round table show with…
This month on the Green Market Agorist podcast, I interviewed cryptocurrency legend George Donnelly about bitcoin, bitcoin cash, agorism, privacy, and his upcoming appearance at Coup de Gras, which he recently ended up sponsoring. So be sure to check out the Green Market Agorist podcast on Anchor or Spotify and check out the trailer for the Coup…
In case you haven’t already heard, I have been hosting the Green Market Agorist podcast and YouTube/Bitchute channel in addition to my writings here at C4SS. My solo video output is sporadic at best but I keep a steady schedule with podcasts being released on the 15th of every month. This month I was joined by our…
