3 ms·

If I was as passionate about it as the parent, I would. For me, there are other factors to where I live besides taxes. Also, it's hard migrate to countries wit

If I was as passionate about it as the parent, I would. For me, there are other factors to where I live besides taxes. Also, it's hard migrate to countries with high taxes, because they are deseriable places to live. It's not hard to migrate to Somalia. It's also not deseriable to live there. That's the point.

kortilla 6y ago
They are trivial to relocate to if you have money and would be the one actually paying the high taxes (top half of middle-class income and above). There is a reason people making 6 figure+ salaries aren’t clamoring to move to France/Portugal/Brazil/Sweden. They aren’t actually all that desirable if you are the one paying the brunt of the taxes. If you’re actually “passionate about taxes” and you don’t make good money, you would be happy to relocate to the country with the highest taxes for low income... Swaziland. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/highest-taxed-countries https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/highest-t... Both you and the parent aren’t actually fans of high taxes it sounds like. Instead you just like social programs paid for by someone else.
- frankbreetz 6y ago
  Are there more rich people in Somalia or "France/Portugal/Brazil/Sweden". It's almost like everyone including rich people benefit from a society where government is properly funded. It's also seems properly funded governments generate more capable people(see incomes over 6 fig). Obviously you can over-do it, but parent compared taxes to protection money from the mafia and that is ridiculous. Also people who are “passionate about taxes” think that rich people benefit more from a properly funded society then more poor people, so they should pay more. So as the parent says "what a stupid argument" Also, of course we are my passionate about high taxes. We are passionate about the society that high taxes provide. All of your arguments seen quite disengenious.
  - kortilla 6y ago
    > Are there more rich people in Somalia or "France/Portugal/Brazil/Sweden". Are there more rich people in the US or those countries? > It's almost like everyone including rich people benefit from a society where government is properly funded. It's also seems properly funded governments generate more capable people(see incomes over 6 fig). It’s almost like the high taxation levels of France/Sweden/Portugal/etc have no advantage over the US for “everyone benefitting”, at least not monetarily. > All of your arguments seen quite disengenious. I don’t think you’re using that word correctly or you’re not understanding. I’m being quite genuine when I say it’s ridiculous to “be a fan of taxation” and when most people say that they are just generally a fan of some level of government services. You need to discuss which government services you like socialized to have any meaningful discussion. Otherwise it’s just “I love the government taking money from the people”.

kortilla 6y ago

They are trivial to relocate to if you have money and would be the one actually paying the high taxes (top half of middle-class income and above). There is a reason people making 6 figure+ salaries aren’t clamoring to move to France/Portugal/Brazil/Sweden. They aren’t actually all that desirable if you are the one paying the brunt of the taxes. If you’re actually “passionate about taxes” and you don’t make good money, you would be happy to relocate to the country with the highest taxes for low income... Swaziland. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/highest-taxed-countries https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/highest-t... Both you and the parent aren’t actually fans of high taxes it sounds like. Instead you just like social programs paid for by someone else.

frankbreetz 6y ago
Are there more rich people in Somalia or "France/Portugal/Brazil/Sweden". It's almost like everyone including rich people benefit from a society where government is properly funded. It's also seems properly funded governments generate more capable people(see incomes over 6 fig). Obviously you can over-do it, but parent compared taxes to protection money from the mafia and that is ridiculous. Also people who are “passionate about taxes” think that rich people benefit more from a properly funded society then more poor people, so they should pay more. So as the parent says "what a stupid argument" Also, of course we are my passionate about high taxes. We are passionate about the society that high taxes provide. All of your arguments seen quite disengenious.
- kortilla 6y ago
  > Are there more rich people in Somalia or "France/Portugal/Brazil/Sweden". Are there more rich people in the US or those countries? > It's almost like everyone including rich people benefit from a society where government is properly funded. It's also seems properly funded governments generate more capable people(see incomes over 6 fig). It’s almost like the high taxation levels of France/Sweden/Portugal/etc have no advantage over the US for “everyone benefitting”, at least not monetarily. > All of your arguments seen quite disengenious. I don’t think you’re using that word correctly or you’re not understanding. I’m being quite genuine when I say it’s ridiculous to “be a fan of taxation” and when most people say that they are just generally a fan of some level of government services. You need to discuss which government services you like socialized to have any meaningful discussion. Otherwise it’s just “I love the government taking money from the people”.