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Are you suggesting that governments are colluding with journalists to deliver a particular narrative? Or are you saying that journalists and their editors beli
by mprev 5y ago
Are you suggesting that governments are colluding with journalists to deliver a particular narrative?
Or are you saying that journalists and their editors believe there's a need for wealth taxes and so they're pushing that line?
- nickpp 5y agoI rarely see any news these days which are not pushing an agenda or another. Politicians, journalists, governments, they all have their plans, ideas, biases and interests.
- germinalphrase 5y agoI am taking no position on this specific instance, but it is clear that government officials intentionally leak inside information to journalists with a particular worldview to push narratives into the public consciousness.
- iamacyborg 5y agoIt's pretty clear that the British government over the last 12+ months have been doing just this with leaking Covid related announcements to the press prior to them being official announced.
- jcadam 5y agoProbably some of both. A wealth tax would discourage investment and encourage consumer spending, and would hit the middle class the hardest. As usual - these things are always sold as being targeted at the "rich." Though, it would be interesting to see how people would try to game/avoid it. Instead of investing in stocks, a middle class person looking to preserve some wealth could buy things like physical gold/silver from local dealers with cash, hide it under the floorboards, and definitely NOT report it on their taxes.
- jmpman 5y agoDo you define middle class as having wealth above $50M?