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Isn't wealth redistribution via taxes treating the symptom and not the cause? We should look at the structures that allow massive wealth inequality to form in t
by TACIXAT 8y ago
Isn't wealth redistribution via taxes treating the symptom and not the cause? We should look at the structures that allow massive wealth inequality to form in the first place. This could be a lot of things besides tax policy.
- bearmcbearsly 8y agoThat's what the entire article was about.
- TACIXAT 8y agoReally? I didn't see anything about about wealth distribution via taxes versus other means.
- mac01021 8y agoRight. The article was about the social structures that cause wealth disparity to come about in the first place. Maybe you meant, though, that we should be discussing plans to replace those with better social structures. That's fair, but I admit to having a hard time imagining any that are not ultimately equivalent to wealth redistribution.
- mlthoughts2018 8y agoThis would seem to lead to a Harrison Bergeron sort of outcome, no? I mean, basic variation in genetic factors, geographic and political circumstances of your birthplace, these things directly lead to variation of productivity, which in turn leads to variation of wealth.