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This is such a naive viewpoint. Let's say that people are not allowed to have more than 10 million dollars, but corporations are. Then it wouldn't be Zuckerbe

This is such a naive viewpoint. Let's say that people are not allowed to have more than 10 million dollars, but corporations are. Then it wouldn't be Zuckerberg's money, it would simply be Facebook's, wielded by Zuckerberg. I hope you can see the ridiculousness is saying that corporations should be limited in wealth as well, but even if you can't, let's assume they are limited the same. Now it becomes easier to buy them off, because they are comparably smaller. The only logical solution is to allow both corporations and individuals to accumulate as much wealth as they are able to. Rich people aren't the problem, corrupt people are. Instead of trying to make rich corrupt people less rich, why don't we try to make them less corrupt instead?

istjohn 3y ago
Just who is buying off these corporations if no one has vast wealth?
- lovecg 3y ago
  Foreign entities? Of course, we should ban that as long as we’re at it. Next you’ll have people using vastly superior foreign products, we better ban that as well. And if people decide to leave the country en masse because they’re too morally weak and desire wealth, we can’t have that either, so better build a wall.
thomastjeffery 3y ago
Your argument is founded on naivete. Of course doing something halfway would not accomplish much.
93po 3y ago
We should just tax income over $10 million at 90% for both people and corporations. Maybe then we could have an actual healthcare system
- lovecg 3y ago
  > We should just tax income over $10 million at 90% for both people and corporations. People - maybe. But why corporations? Isn’t that double taxation? The only way money leaves a corporation is through people which will be taxed eventually. As for the healthcare system, it doesn’t need more money. It needs an extreme regulation and red tape shake up. We could have vastly better healthcare today for the same amount of money that’s already there if not for the bureaucratic mess and an army of administrators tending to it.
  - 93po 3y ago
    If you don't tax corporations then people will just buy their mansions and yachts through the company. Double taxation already happens today.

istjohn 3y ago

Just who is buying off these corporations if no one has vast wealth?

lovecg 3y ago
Foreign entities? Of course, we should ban that as long as we’re at it. Next you’ll have people using vastly superior foreign products, we better ban that as well. And if people decide to leave the country en masse because they’re too morally weak and desire wealth, we can’t have that either, so better build a wall.

thomastjeffery 3y ago

Your argument is founded on naivete. Of course doing something halfway would not accomplish much.

93po 3y ago

We should just tax income over $10 million at 90% for both people and corporations. Maybe then we could have an actual healthcare system

lovecg 3y ago
> We should just tax income over $10 million at 90% for both people and corporations. People - maybe. But why corporations? Isn’t that double taxation? The only way money leaves a corporation is through people which will be taxed eventually. As for the healthcare system, it doesn’t need more money. It needs an extreme regulation and red tape shake up. We could have vastly better healthcare today for the same amount of money that’s already there if not for the bureaucratic mess and an army of administrators tending to it.
- 93po 3y ago
  If you don't tax corporations then people will just buy their mansions and yachts through the company. Double taxation already happens today.