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Why don’t we just tax the living shit out of the rich instead? We’re arguing over importing a massive underclass when 5 families control 50% of the wealth and
by analognoise 1y ago
Why don’t we just tax the living shit out of the rich instead?
We’re arguing over importing a massive underclass when 5 families control 50% of the wealth and 2 people have private space programs.
Let’s just tax the shit out of them, instead?
- RandomBacon 1y agoCool, we just funded the government for a few months, now what?
- analognoise 1y agoAre you saying this would produce $0 is economic activity, and after it was spent “we would be out of rich people” or some such nonsense? That’s explicitly not what the economic research shows. I’ll also point out that DOGE has produced no prosecutions for “waste” - it turns out that Government work might be a net positive in efficiency, cost, and resultant economic activity. In fact I’d argue that Trump (et. al.)’s economic plans have been shown to be disastrous and misguided - watching the economy shrink in real time as Americans fought for arbitrary regressive taxes isn’t how I expected 2025 to go. I’ll also point out you could fund tens of thousands of Government jobs a year for the low, low price of Trump’s corruption. One is economically useful, the other isn’t.
- replyifuagree 1y ago3. ... 4. ... 5. Profit!