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They could quit buying houses, buy yachts (which, at the very least, are a consumer industry), or, you know, just give the money away. Or they could, and I kno
by eli_gottlieb 7y ago
They could quit buying houses, buy yachts (which, at the very least, are a consumer industry), or, you know, just give the money away. Or they could, and I know this will come as a shock, pay taxes.
- ravenstine 7y agoHow much taxes do you think rich people already pay? https://www.cnbc.com/2013/12/11/the-rich-do-not-pay-the-most-taxes-they-pay-all-the-taxes.html https://www.cnbc.com/2013/12/11/the-rich-do-not-pay-the-most... https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/04/13/high-income-americans-pay-most-income-taxes-but-enough-to-be-fair/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/04/13/high-income...
- eli_gottlieb 7y ago> How much taxes do you think rich people already pay? Sufficiently little that they're still buying up whole neighborhoods to rent-seek on people's basic needs, so, not nearly enough. If the rich don't want to pay "all" the taxes, they can let us shift to an economic model in which they don't take home "all" the money.