# Taxes: a scale of moral views **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 6, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxes-a-scale-of-moral-views/588078 "2011-07-06T19:13:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxes-a-scale-of-moral-views/588078/12 "2011-07-07T12:45:25Z")
“I made $10 million. If I make another $1 million I’ll only keep $700 thousand. I will not would rather not have that $700 thousand so I’ll stop earning money.” I just have trouble believing that a businessman would have that perspective. If they did, don’t those free-market people realize that if there is $1 million to be made ($700k after taxes), that someone else will step into that void? If I had to pay 75% taxes for a system (infrastructure) that lets me make a million, I’d be better off than making nothing. I think the “work hard to pay for people who don’t” is a bit of a red herring. There are people who want to live off of society but unless someone can show me good statistics I don’t think it is significant. One website puts it at about 1% on welfare, about 12% get food stamps, 4% get unemployment. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxes-a-scale-of-moral-views/588078)._