• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    there must be a way not involving taxes

    Not a meaningful one.

    Printing more money: this is just a flat tax because of inflation.

    Government owning resources: finite. The cost of those resources increases to support citizen needs. And the cost of that is borne by the consumer, I.e. the citizens. This is most likely a regressive tax.

    In the end, it’s all a tax. And if you don’t specifically target it, it’s a tax that hurts the poor.