Where the Money Goes
Where the Money Goes
Admittedly, it costs governments massive amounts of money to operate and provide necessary services. In France, for instance, 1 person in 4 works in the public sector. This includes teachers, postal workers, museum and hospital personnel, the police, and other government workers. Taxes are needed to pay their salaries. Taxes also provide roads, schools, and hospitals and help pay the bill for such services as garbage collection and postal delivery.
The demands of the military are another force driving taxation. Income tax was first levied on wealthy Britons to finance the war against the French in 1799. During World War II, however, the British government began requiring the working class to pay its share of income taxes. Today, oiling a nation