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Dimension 2 of 12

Fiscal & Tax Policy

This dimension measures your stance on the tax burden: how much of what you earn or produce the state should take, whether taxes should be progressive or flat, and what to tax most: income, consumption, wealth or inheritance.

Toward more freedom

Low, simple taxes, few tax types and more money left in each person's hands.

Toward more control

High, progressive taxes to fund services and redistribute wealth.

Debates it touches

  • Wealth and inheritance taxes
  • Flat tax versus progressive brackets
  • VAT and other consumption taxes

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