Tax

===Socialism===
[[Karl Marx]] assumed that taxation would be unnecessary after the advent of communism and looked forward to the "[[withering away of the state]]". In socialist economies such as that of China, taxation played a minor role, since most government income was derived from the ownership of enterprises, and it was argued by some that monetary taxation was not necessary.<ref name="isbn0-275-93688-0">{{cite book |author=Li, Jinyan |title=Taxation in the People's Republic of China |publisher=Praeger |location=New York |year=1991 |isbn=978-0-275-93688-4 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/taxatio_lij_1991_00_5240 }}</ref> While the morality of taxation is sometimes questioned, most arguments about taxation revolve around the degree and method of taxation and associated [[government spending]], not taxation itself.