DDJ 35. 乐与饵，Direct Taxation

第三十五章
[原文]

执大象①，天下往。往而不害，安平太②。乐与饵③，过客止，道之出口，淡乎其无味，视之不足见，听之不足闻，用之不足既④。

[译文]

谁掌握了那伟大的“道”，普天下的人们便都来向他投靠，向往、投靠他而不互相妨害，于是大家就和平而安泰、宁静。音乐和美好的食物，使过路的人都为之停步，用言语来表述大道，是平淡而无味儿的，看它，看也看不见，听它，听也听不见，而它的作用，却是无穷无尽的，无限制的。

http://www.daodejing.org/35.html

"乐与饵，过客止"。也就是智商税。 劣币驱逐良币，90%营销行为都是100%谎言。 “道之出口，淡乎其无味，视之不足见”。 无色无味无形无修饰，人本，人之本。  道是科学逻辑系统，适用于鉴别真假，预测吉凶，保护自由思想，维系公共安全。 

＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊《美国宪法》＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊

The US Constitution Article I.Section 9.4: No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken.⁷

http://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/articles/1/essays/64/direct-taxes

http://www.taxhistory.org/thp/readings.nsf/ArtWeb/2B34C7FBDA41D9DA8525730800067017?OpenDocument

The intent of this clause is to limit direct taxation (as opposed to indirect taxation on goods like the tea tax, ironically) by the government, thought to engender and enable tyranny.   The only problem is, even at the time of Constitution Convention, it seemed unclear what "direct taxation" meant.   So the later part of this clause was repealed by Amendment XVI.

"These taxes （indirect taxation）were considered safe because, regardless of who collected them, the burden was thought to be shifted to consumers. If Congress became greedy and raised rates too high, fewer taxed goods would be purchased and revenue would decrease. It was thus in the "nature of the thing," wrote Alexander Hamilton in The Federalist No. 21, that further constitutional protection against congressional overreaching was unnecessary."

”智商税”大概应该算safe indirect tax.  道教教育的意义就是省税。可惜这个教育已经快绝迹了。

https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/中国道教学院

教育的目的是什么？ 好的教育是什么？ 当社区在死亡，思想不传承，人将何去何从？ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-04-18/young-white-america-is-haunted-by-a-crisis-of-despair

The Supreme Court (with Justice Neil Gorsuch) deliberating on State Denying Public Funding towards Church:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/supreme-court-likely-rule-against-missouri-church-state-battle-n748391