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I marked Hippyjoe as best answer because I thought it was the best answer.
Taxes are a millstone around he neck of freedom. They undermine the people's choice of what they want to do with their money, which in many cases are superior to what government does with that money.
I just a few weeks ago watched a city commission meeting regarding the need for better workforce housing where it was needed, It was pointed out that apartment buildings funded by federal agencies cost twice as much as the same building would cost if developed by private developers. The cost difference is regulatory agency constraints. The money taxpayers send to Washington DC that come back to local communities lose 50% of their value in that transition, starting with cities that have to spend taxpayer monies just to compete and beg for DC to give them their money back.
For a simple cut to the chase, look at cities that are turning blighted areas into places where people want to live, look at cities that are bringing employers back to their core communities that were were abandoned 15+ years ago with the rush to the suburbs. The lure is tax incentive financing. They turn abandoned factories into workplaces by erasing the real estate tax burden so that new employers can focus on their business rather than on how they can pay their taxes. Tax policies that let businesses and individuals keep what they earn grows the economy. Those waiters and waitresses whose tips would go untaxed in turn get to put that money into other people's pockets, create more jobs, rather than go to Washington where that money loses 50% of its value. That's the essence of why repeated taxation on pass through monies is a horrible policy. It's why sales taxes are paid by retail establishments, and not the wholesalers, distributors and manufacturers. Make all of the above pay the sales tax and everything would be 30%+ more expensive, and with every entity along the chain having to pay that tax they would all be less able to afford it.
