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The poor person isn't paying Yacht tax, country club tax, box seats tax, Porsche tax.
by Dagwoodie 10y ago
The poor person isn't paying Yacht tax, country club tax, box seats tax, Porsche tax.
- pbhjpbhj 10y agoNot directly, but usually their labour is generating the value that produces the income that gets transferred to the rich person (eg via return on capital) allowing the payment for luxuries and the taxes on them (though more usually, it seems, the costs of avoiding said taxes).
- CydeWeys 10y agoIs that a joke? None of those are even real taxes. Sure, you pay sales tax on a yacht, but the poor person is paying the exact same percentage on their everyday items. That's regressive. Also, don't you see how callous it is to worry about how a rich person has to pay country club dues, in the context of talking about poor people who struggle to afford food sometimes? Why would your sympathies lie with the person who has all of their basic needs met and is "struggling" only to utilize as many luxury goods (yachts, country clubs, sports cars, box seats) as possible?