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Quote by: sdbest  If forced taxation is unconstitutional, as some have argued, how much--or what percentage of your income--would you pay voluntarily for services provided by the government?
If you don't want to pay any taxes, you don't have to. It's all voluntary.
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I don't know how much I'm willing to pay voluntarily. I don't even think about it, as all my taxes are mandatory. That makes your question kinda meaningless.
I suppose in Canada things are little different. In my state, say a family makes $200,000 for a year. In all likelihood, the household would have to pay taxes roughly in the following manner -
~ 22% goes to the FIT. That is about $44,000.
Assume the family spent $50,000 on consumer goods, there goes another $3,000 - 4,000 in sales tax (depending on if your county and/or city has an added %).
Among the consumer goods above, say alcohol, tobacco and gasoline were $5,000, that's another ~$2,500 in various forms of taxes embedded in the price.
If the family's house has an assessed value of $400,000, they'd owe the county, ISD, etc. property taxes for ~$10,000.
I'm sure I haven't accounted for all the taxes, but I know this is a close enough picture. Just to sum the above together, it's roughly $60,000 or 30% of the family's income.
Is 30% too high, too low, or just about right? I'm sure everyone could have different answers.