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That makes me recall that "47% paid no income tax". If we all go to socialism directly, we will be all equally poor. If we stay with capitalism, a gap between
by ausjke 8y ago
That makes me recall that "47% paid no income tax".
If we all go to socialism directly, we will be all equally poor. If we stay with capitalism, a gap between rich and poor is part of the deal. Tax rate is one of the key method to stabilize the society, as the poor is the majority(the 80%, or the 99%) and if they struggle for too long a revolution is for sure to happen.
capitalism + welfare to the disabled(only the disabled please) + tax seems like the best solution still.
- matt4077 8y agoThese labels are getting tiresome. There is not a single socialist state on earth today. It's completely out of the question that the US would ever become such a thing. The often-cited examples of Scandinavia are capitalistic through and through: It's private enterprises deciding prices, creating products, and generally competing. That they levy rather high taxes and use them to soften some of the edges of that system's outcomes does in almost no way affect the dynamics within the system. If you're a baker, and your bread isn't good, you still fail and society will be spared suffering your products. You just don't starve.