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I do believe in taxes, but I don't like where the money goes. I wish there was more federalisation so that individual counties had more control over what they want to spend their money on.
Got a county of right-wing wackos that want to give all their money to their king? Let them, its their choice and it hurts only them.
Also, I do tend to believe that anyone earning less than 50k probably shouldn't need to pay taxes or be tightly regulated. The poor should be allowed to spin up businesses in a hovel without having to pay through the nose for it.
Those with more power and wealth should be more tightly scrutinised, given the magnitude of the effects of any of their actions (whether good or bad).
Essentially I'm a socialist with a streak of "libertarianism for the poor".