Tuesday, November 8, 2011

High Tax Rate-Liberalism: The Fundamental Right to Life, Liberty and Property


Liberalism is the political ideology that put us in an equal state, it simply means freedom. An individual must free to do whatever he/she want for the exercise of their rights for freedom. Liberating is the key to individual success; an individual must be competitive for him/her to attain self-development. People have their own rights and they must able to express it without the hindrance of other. Liberalism is promoting a free market and any individual are freely to engage to it. Economical rights, right to own property is the major concept of liberalism and it is free for everyone to participate in all economic practices. The civil rights, right to live and right to be free for a just reason. In accordance to the political philosophy of John Locke, individuals have its own natural rights and the social contract must be favourably for the people not for the government. The fundamental concept of this political ideology is to have the right to live, liberty and property.

            Taxation is political issue because it involves the state and the people. High tax rate gives a big burden to the people but it is a proper and legal way to protect an individual owning a property. Basically people protest on the increase of tax collection, for my opinion tax collection is the assurance of the people to have a private property. First, the state recognizes you as an individual, if the state don’t generate taxes from the people probably your rights as a person is limited. Second, to have a tax to pay for your property is an indication that the state is protecting and recognize your ownership to that property and the land tax serves as an investment for your security. Third, the tax that is deducted to the people individually is to sustain the government from being established and providing security to our welfare. The people have the right to exercise freedom without the hindrance of the state and by collecting taxes it is indicating that you’re investing to the government to protect your right no matter how much it is.

            Liberalism is the solution for the petition of the people for high tax collection, liberating people’s mind will deliver them to understand on why the government require to generate tax from the people. It is the social contract, the government must provide and give liberal form of governing and the people are obliged to support the foundation of their government. Assuring freedom to the people will make them think that it is worth paying for. The government must be strong and firm and without the tax collected from the people the government it will be impossible. This is the idea, the freedom is provided by the government for the people and the people must be loyal in paying tax to maintain and sustain the vision of the government. High tax collection is not a hindrance to acquire private property; it is an indication that anyone can have a property. Tax is institution to fund all governmental function for the securing welfare, freedom and property.

            Solving the grievance of the people regarding High Tax collection is a very simple task. The government must be informative on why they implement the increase of tax rates and it must be for the reason of public’s welfare. The government must be transparent is the allocation and liquidation of the fund generated thru tax collection. People must have an informative idea about tax collection and the government shall explain the advantages of this increase. The state shall provide improvements that will dramatically experience by the people. The government must gain the public’s trust and for the people not to doubt on why the government suddenly increase tax collection. It must be not the idea of acquiring private property is hindered by high tax collection, instead high tax collection serves an assurance and security to acquiring private properties. The government must be clear on explaining it to the public and no misinterpretation shall be made. The government must always imply that tax collection is for the people and not for some individual, they must lay a concrete confirmation that fund generated thru tax is for the welfare of the public. An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; a villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards (John Locke). Liberalism must provide economic competency for anyone; everyone is free gain something for his/her personal, social, economical development.

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