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A "fair share" simply means that you have contributed to the society more than you got back. Money is not an absolutely perfect way measure this contribution, b
by AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
A "fair share" simply means that you have contributed to the society more than you got back. Money is not an absolutely perfect way measure this contribution, but all other measures are even worse.
- giantg2 5y agoConsidering the national debt, most people would not meet your definition since we are all using these services that have not been paid for, right?
- AlexTWithBeard 5y agoRight. Most people would not meet this definition.
- giantg2 5y agoThe person who brought this up was implying that people who FIRE today are paying their fair share.
- AlexTWithBeard 5y agoMakes sense: those who FIRE don't comprise the most of people.
- giantg2 5y agoHow does that make sense based on the definition above? FIRE doesn't really have anything to do with whether or not they paid their fair share.