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This has been done before and it works. Taxes need a correction. But it’s hard to explain to the public or the ones who are against this because they listen to
by iscrewyou 8y ago
This has been done before and it works. Taxes need a correction.
But it’s hard to explain to the public or the ones who are against this because they listen to certain opinions. They need to have a simple message. Like three bullet points that anyone can read and get a message. No percentage comparisons between social classes, no comparison between old and new tax rates. None of that. Public tunes right out.
E.g. (1) If you make over x in a year, you’ll be taxed at the new 70% rate, (2) if you make less than x, your taxes won’t change, (3) that’s it!!
- geofft 8y agoThis is insufficient because a) point 1 is inaccurate, if you make over x in a year the portion over x is taxed at the new 70% rate, and this is already a point of confusion (perhaps intentional confusion) b) people who understand that worry they personally will be over x, so they don't care about 2 c) people who understand both a and c worry that the systemic effects of raising taxes on the rich is to lower job creation or to make America not-great again or something, so they're less interested in bullet points about the actual change than understanding how it affects the economy.
- smacktoward 8y ago> They need to have a simple message. It's hard to imagine a simpler message than "people who make more than $10 million a year should pay more taxes."