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The problem is then what is proportionate and how do you estimate it? Should Apple be taxed more than Google? Should an actor that gets paid 10 million dollars

The problem is then what is proportionate and how do you estimate it? Should Apple be taxed more than Google? Should an actor that gets paid 10 million dollars for a movie be taxed more than an actor who’s paid 5? What if the actor that is paid 10 is has 5 times more views just in less valued markets? Should I who works as an engineer for a financial institution be taxed more than an engineer working for SpaceX or NASA?

lisper 8y ago
Proportionate is easy: if you're making money in the free market, then manifestly what you are making is proportionate to the value you are providing to someone. The problem is that some people's contributions measured this way are wildly disproportionate to other people's contributions. A movie star really is providing orders of magnitude more value than a McDonalds cashier. The question is: should a movie star therefore be entitled to orders of magnitude more compensation? It's not clear that the answer to that really ought to be "yes".
- dogma1138 8y ago
  Proportionate isn't clear, again don't mistake the dollar amount they pay in taxes with their tax, while we cap taxation for a good reason as progressive upto 100% is a very bad idea. And yes it is clear to anyone who studied economics, and more importantly it's really depressing that you are using these populist arguments how about replacing the movie star with a doctor? Is it ok we pay a doctor who spent the better part of the first 30 years of their life becoming one and would spend the next 30-40 years being one more than a worker at McDonalds who's only required qualifications are to not set the building on fire and being able to say "do you want fries with that?" The sad truth is that you wouldn't find people that are successful and do no work hard even those kardashians that you seem to adore so much.

lisper 8y ago

Proportionate is easy: if you're making money in the free market, then manifestly what you are making is proportionate to the value you are providing to someone. The problem is that some people's contributions measured this way are wildly disproportionate to other people's contributions. A movie star really is providing orders of magnitude more value than a McDonalds cashier. The question is: should a movie star therefore be entitled to orders of magnitude more compensation? It's not clear that the answer to that really ought to be "yes".

dogma1138 8y ago
Proportionate isn't clear, again don't mistake the dollar amount they pay in taxes with their tax, while we cap taxation for a good reason as progressive upto 100% is a very bad idea. And yes it is clear to anyone who studied economics, and more importantly it's really depressing that you are using these populist arguments how about replacing the movie star with a doctor? Is it ok we pay a doctor who spent the better part of the first 30 years of their life becoming one and would spend the next 30-40 years being one more than a worker at McDonalds who's only required qualifications are to not set the building on fire and being able to say "do you want fries with that?" The sad truth is that you wouldn't find people that are successful and do no work hard even those kardashians that you seem to adore so much.