4 ms·
Why is it a huge stretch? I didn't say that it is the only one.
by fxj 8y ago
Why is it a huge stretch? I didn't say that it is the only one.
- hn_throwaway_99 8y agoI'm saying that publicly releasing all tax returns would do nothing to release inequality unless many of those other factors (mainly high redistributive taxes) were in place, and at least the US has shown 0 appetite for those types of measures.
- fxj 8y agoI fully agree, but at least by having the information what other people earn in the same company gives them a lever in salary negotiations.
- jellicle 8y agoThe US public has great appetite for inequality-reducing measures, as any poll will tell you. The political class does not. But perhaps publicly releasing tax returns would spur enough public disgust when people realize just how little in taxes the ultra-wealthy are paying that the above dynamic could change.
- toasterlovin 8y agoIt’s a huge stretch because you haven’t provided a plausible causal mechanism. All you’ve done is point out correlation and correlation is almost meaningless on its own.