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> US plutocrats are cleverly shielding some of their gains from taxation But even after that, they still end up paying a greater proportion of taxes collected
by chimeracoder 10y ago
> US plutocrats are cleverly shielding some of their gains from taxation
But even after that, they still end up paying a greater proportion of taxes collected than in other countries. That is rayiner's point.
- alexqgb 10y agoWhich only goes to show that the rich in America are far richer than their counterparts in other well-developed countries. In terms of inequality, American ratios are closer to those found in straight-up kleptocracies. When people talk about the bananafication of the republic, this is what they mean.