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Income isn't tied to contribution to society though. And that's okay.
by ps101 7y ago
Income isn't tied to contribution to society though. And that's okay.
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]
- IggleSniggle 7y agoIt’s true and probably unavoidable, but that doesn’t make it “okay”
- eclipxe 7y agoIt's okay to me.
- anm89 7y agoI'll second this. The idea of having some government comittee or mob deciding my value to society and then taking what they feel is undeserved is infinitely scarier than some people doing disproportionately well. And let's be clear, there is no other way to implement a policy like this because the criteria is totally subjective.
- nicoburns 7y ago> And let's be clear, there is no other way to implement a policy like this because the criteria is totally subjective. There is a way to implement this in an objective way. Simply heavily tax everybody who earns over a threshold amount. No judgement about what it is that they are doing. It doesn't matter.
- ps101 7y ago> There is a way to implement this in an objective way... No. The post above you refers to assigning value, what you're suggesting is the opposite. So it definitely isn't "a way to implement this". It's a way to implement something completely different.
- IggleSniggle 7y agoYeah I agree with you. That’s why it’s “probably unavoidable.” But it’s still not “okay” to me that money=power instead of money=value of contribution. There’s just no getting around it, one way or another, because it’s ultimately always a subjective exercise.
- jimbob45 7y agoExcept it literally is? What do you think tax brackets are?
- theandrewbailey 7y agoGovernment isn't society.
- ps101 7y agoI wasn't referring to: [you earn more] --> [you pay more taxes] I was referring to: [your job has some positive or negative effect on society] -.--<?><<!>-<>?>---<.. [your income]
- nicoburns 7y agoI'd argue that it should be as far as possible. Is that not the entire moral basis of capitalism?