How do you believe taxes affect government economic policy today? What types of reforms would you like to see in taxes? Should t
axes be lowered overall? Should some groups be paying more than they are now? How would the changes you recommend affect the economy and the ability of the government to carry out its functions?
Taxes are the way the government has to collect resources from society as a whole and use these resources in specific areas through public policies.
Currently, the Trump Government does a tax reform that benefits large corporations and the financial elite. In particular, I think the opposite. I believe that the reform should charge more for companies that make a lot of profits and less for poor people. The government should tax more fortunes and invest resources in the social area, improving the health conditions of the poorest population.
I think Percy wrote this so the current and future colonists would have a record of life in Jamestown in the beginning, so that they could learn from those who came before them.