Richard Davis: Legislature’s tax reform proposal would harm Utahns

No subject evokes more controversy than taxes. Not many people enjoy paying taxes. However, most people also realize taxes are essential to governance. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said: “Taxes are what we pay for civilized society.”Holmes was right. If we imagine a society without taxes, we see one without public schools, public roads, public universities, police and fire departments, national defense and zoning and environmental law enforcement intended to prevent a belching facto