They say two things are certain in life....

But should they be? I think humanity is well on it's way to conquering death trough biotechnological advances. I see no reason why we couldn't outgrow our antiquated taxation system as well. Taxes might have been useful at a point in time for our society... But our society is changing drastically and everyone can see it.

I mean... Just look at us here on steemit! A decentralized social platform that pays you to join in community. Who would've guessed this would be here 10 years ago? If someone predicted this, then major kudos to you Nostradamus2.0.

I consider taxation to be theft, but I'm not so sure that it was intended to be. Maybe it was, I wasn't there when it was implemented and I am by no means a tax history professor. However, through taxes we (I am a US citizen) have managed to accomplish some pretty great things (our national parks, for example). We have also managed to waste massive amounts of cash on failed systems (too many to point to, I'm sure you can think of one in the US) and blame everyone under the sun other than ourselves for it.

I'm rooting for a future void of a centralized government, and therefore void of taxes. I believe every income generating person should choose where 100% of their money goes, and know why it goes there. If you had all of the control over your earnings, then you would never have to 'blame congress' again! I kind of enjoy having an easy target though...