Quote Originally Posted by Baa_Baa View Post
You think it’s unfair if one earns an high salary and fair if they don’t, so the ones who do earn high wages should support the ones who don’t? And you address this imbalance through tax.

Is that a summary of what you think?
No. However if there is a debate about what is fair to deduct by way of tax from someone's income or other gains then there is an equally valid discussion about what constitutes fair income or gains in the first place.

For example if you think teachers are underpaid then you are more likely to think it is "unfair" to deduct as much tax from them as someone else who has the same income.

Also you may think it unfair if someone's income from their business does not fully account for the costs (for example) on the environment and for which the current government does not insist on compensation. In other words you may think it unfair that some of the true costs of an activity are socialised, whereas the exaggerated profits are privatised.