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It's different based on how you view income. Many conservatives view income as "earned" and then taxes as appropriation ("taken away"). Under such a perspectiv
by maerF0x0 7y ago
It's different based on how you view income.
Many conservatives view income as "earned" and then taxes as appropriation ("taken away"). Under such a perspective it is only a return of what was originally theirs in the first place.
This country is run on deficits/debt so 1.7M less from rich people is not marginally 1.7M less to poor people.
- NotSammyHagar 7y agoPeople also argue that the earth is really flat, that tax reductions always pay for themselves, and your comment is equivalently powerful to those.
- testbot123 7y agoI.E., the same people who have benefited from (and whose wealth was probably grown in) a social system where utilities, infrastructure, schools, etc are paid by tax dollars.