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> The government can easily solve that through taxation if it so chooses. Except the billionaires pay millions to ensure that doesn't happen. The system is cor
by anth_anm 8y ago
> The government can easily solve that through taxation if it so chooses.
Except the billionaires pay millions to ensure that doesn't happen. The system is corrupt by design.
- testrun 8y agoProbably depending on country. In the US the following shows how much tax is being paid by whom: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-14/top-3-of-u-s-taxpayers-paid-majority-of-income-taxes-in-2016 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-14/top-3-of-... The top 1 percent paid a greater share of individual income taxes (37.3 percent) than the bottom 90 percent combined (30.5 percent).