Even if they pay restitution, other people will pay for it.
If I say "Your taxes last year paid for your own restitution this year" would it be better? Wasn't it what the taxes are for? For state of emergency like Pandemics?
Restitution are bad when they're used frivolusly and when they evidently favour one group over another based purely on identity and not based on merit or what they do, like when some far Left black people demands restitution for slavery or when some College kids demands Universal Income before they ever earn a single dime.
If I say "Your taxes last year paid for your own restitution this year" would it be better?
On individual basis, and in the sense of justification - of course. On a large scale, all that tax money has been spent (say: mostly wasted) already. Spending is much higher than what they tax anyway, which is why they must accrue crazy amounts of state debt, which translates into inflation and the devaluation of money savings. That's occurring in basically all countries.
For state of emergency like Pandemics
Well, governments never do what you think they should do. Politicians see unused money and immediately spend it to promote themselves by "doing something good." There is also a bureaucratic process where it is incentivized to spend all money in order to justify the need for more money the next time budgets are given. This can go for larger corporations, but especially for governments.
Restitution are bad when...
Fully agreed. I am not even arguing that restitutions are wrong. I am just saying that it's a bit more complicated and nasty than that, and we shouldn't delude ourselves about what is actually occurring.
If I say "Your taxes last year paid for your own restitution this year" would it be better? Wasn't it what the taxes are for? For state of emergency like Pandemics?
Restitution are bad when they're used frivolusly and when they evidently favour one group over another based purely on identity and not based on merit or what they do, like when some far Left black people demands restitution for slavery or when some College kids demands Universal Income before they ever earn a single dime.
On individual basis, and in the sense of justification - of course. On a large scale, all that tax money has been spent (say: mostly wasted) already. Spending is much higher than what they tax anyway, which is why they must accrue crazy amounts of state debt, which translates into inflation and the devaluation of money savings. That's occurring in basically all countries.
Well, governments never do what you think they should do. Politicians see unused money and immediately spend it to promote themselves by "doing something good." There is also a bureaucratic process where it is incentivized to spend all money in order to justify the need for more money the next time budgets are given. This can go for larger corporations, but especially for governments.
Fully agreed. I am not even arguing that restitutions are wrong. I am just saying that it's a bit more complicated and nasty than that, and we shouldn't delude ourselves about what is actually occurring.