I get what your saying, but you also have to think about what kinds of new users do we want? See how many it is now that just started to post stuff on STS because they heard the price went up. They don't use the front-end ergo we as a community don't really earn anything on them joining in. We want new users yes, but we want real users that actually care. That's what's happen on Leo is that they have built such a large core fanbase that it doesn't matter if some people try to abuse it. We don't have that yet. Therefor we need the tax and anti-abuse.
That's why I was happy to read patricks new idea of multiple options of taxation in the next proposal, because I think like 10% is going to be better than 0%, and I realize that all people don't agree with me
Yes there needs to be a tax to attract new users. But the amount to be taxed is left to be debated. I think 10% or 30% might be fine but I do think 50% might be a little overboard. This is why I think people need to understand why we want people to use the site (ad revenue and improve site ranking). This is why I think letting people know where the ad revenue goes to first gives them an idea of the goal of the taxes.