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So as a society we are saying it’s ok to tax the wealthy, but we also give people the opportunity to become wealthy and encourage it but then once you make it b
by tekknik 6y ago
So as a society we are saying it’s ok to tax the wealthy, but we also give people the opportunity to become wealthy and encourage it but then once you make it bad, time for punishment via taxes? What exactly did Bezos do that requires him to pay more taxes? He didn’t “get a small loan”, he earned his and now your saying people who have no desire in life to be anything more than a store clerk deserve some of his money. Can they afford it? Sure. Is it fair, absolutely not.
- dnadler 6y agoI think framing it as a punishment is a bit disingenuous. The idea is not to punish rich people, the idea is to change how the tax burden is distributed. I would turn the question around and ask why we as a society are intent on punishing the middle class with the tax burden?
- tekknik 6y agoIt seems pretty spot on to me. Your rich, this is evil, and now you gotta pay. Because the middle class is the one asking to increase it with the constant addition of social programs that benefit them and those in lower classes the most? Unless you want to get into some twisted math on how much resources they use by breathing.