section_path: Views/Socialism
section_name: Socialism
paragraph_text: 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. 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.