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So Paul Graham, who is vehemently against taxing the rich, wants a bailout? Funny...

• nightmarish 4y ago
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• nickpeterson 4y ago
  People think they succeed because they’re smart, rugged individuals who never give up. They can’t recognize the survivorship bias in their own lives. The answer to a lot of our problems as a country is much stronger taxes on the rich. People who say otherwise are either wealthy themselves or under some delusion they eventually will be (lottery winner mentality). Luckily you can ignore them because they’re such a small fraction of actual people, they’re just loud online.
  • simple-thoughts 4y ago
    I disagree, because the other side of more taxes for the rich is more services for the rich eg bailouts. The reason these entitled folks feel they are justified in asking for a bailout is that the services they paid for (government oversight and guarantee of banking) was not the quality they expected. To them, it’s not a bailout, it’s a refund.
• jjtheblunt 4y ago
  He doesn't seem to have signed it.