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raise taxes on who? If 'unnecessary middle men' are out of business that leaves a few wealthy consumers and a few centralized suppliers. The rest of the populat
by olivermarks 6y ago
raise taxes on who? If 'unnecessary middle men' are out of business that leaves a few wealthy consumers and a few centralized suppliers. The rest of the population will be unemployed supported by the state if they are lucky
- lotsofpulp 6y agoTaxes on the wealthy. It is wealth redistribution one way or another, but a more efficient one than keeping middlemen around for no reason.
- luplex 6y agoMiddlemen still do have benefits. They provide resiliency. If Amazon commits serious fraud and is shut down, there is no one left. We should not have privately owned systems that are too big to fail.
- olivermarks 6y agoMost wealthy people are multi passport stateless and keep their money offshore, paying little or no tax. The bigger the global corporation the more likely they are to be registered in Ireland or other tax free havens. There is no trickle down in taxes when a few have won the Monopoly game