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> This idea is nonsense. You have a valid point. But, this system works in other countries. People is able to ask for other citizens taxes. But, the person "i
by kartan 8y ago
> This idea is nonsense.
You have a valid point. But, this system works in other countries. People is able to ask for other citizens taxes. But, the person "investigated" gets a notification of whom asked fir its tax returns.
> Stop taxing income - tax spending.
This makes very easy to accumulate wealth and it is difficult to apply progressive taxing.
> Jealousy over other peoples incomes, fairly or unfairly gained, will never result in a fair system for all
Capitalism is based in information. Without information citizens cannot take good decisions. And that is why there is people earning very low salaries for the same jobs that others are getting a good pay.
I personally do not think that jealousy plays a role here. I know that my boss makes more money that me. That may cause jealousy. If my college does the same job that me (or worse) and I get paid less I can leave for another company. If another company pays more than mine, I can leave. If I am very good paid, I will appreciate it more as I know the market.
To hide salaries is as reasonable as to hide product prices. It will break the system.
- matwood 8y ago> If my college does the same job that me (or worse) and I get paid less I can leave for another company. If another company pays more than mine, I can leave. You're quite rational. Based on my experience, money is one of those things where emotions take over for many people. I agree it should work the way you want it to work, but I'm not sure it could in practice across the general population.
- fritzball 8y agoPeople like to think they’re equal in ability even when they’re not. In theory explaining to someone that their performance is lower may open the door to help them improve so they too can make more money in the ‘same’ job. This presupposes that they’re are rational, intelligent, and can handle bad news. If this were the case then they probably wouldn’t have been a poor performer to begin with.
- kartan 8y ago> This presupposes that they’re are rational, intelligent, and can handle bad news. Yes. People makes mistakes. But this is the same rationality to forbid democracy. And even in its imperfection it is a good system. Let people know and as a society we will learn how to use that information. So, yes. Some people will want more money. But, the company still can say no to them if the rise they ask for is unreasonable.
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