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Are we talking about taxing the rich more, or about the gender equality of the top 62? I think the post I'm replying to is talking about taxes, and I'm talking
by netsharc 4y ago
Are we talking about taxing the rich more, or about the gender equality of the top 62? I think the post I'm replying to is talking about taxes, and I'm talking about taxes as well.
> It could have translated to the second 49% still leaving the bottom 50% in the gutters.
What is "It" here? Gender equality of the top 62 people/1%?
- necovek 4y agoI am talking of taxes too. We've got no proof where the tax money would go or that it would benefit the poorest if governments simply had more money. Basically, there's no commitment from any government that it would spend any surplus tax money on the poor (because it wouldn't be a surplus without alternate reality).
- netsharc 4y agoAs my comment said, it doesn't have to be explicitly spent on the poor. https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/2021/6/15/economic-effects-of-infrastructure-investment https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/2021/6/15/econo... I still have no idea what you're trying to argue, and I feel your generalization about "there's no commitment" is a lazy argument, let me join you in your laziness because I won't bother trying to refute it.
- necovek 4y agoAd hominem attacks are no solution to misunderstandings between people. The point is that we don't know that increasing taxes for the rich would change anything in the wealth distribution. A model is a model, not proof.