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If they don't affect the rich, why have the rock didn't so much time, effort, and money eroding such taxes over decades?
by Bjartr 11mo ago
If they don't affect the rich, why have the rock didn't so much time, effort, and money eroding such taxes over decades?
- d3ckard 11mo agoEroding them is beneficial to other groups of society, not the rich. It's like with corporations. Corporations love complex legal systems, as they are the only ones with money to deal with them. Simplification actually benefits smaller enterprises.
- webnrrd2k 11mo agoHow is high marginal taxes and high inheritance taxes not simple? If complexity is the problem then close the loopholes that let people get out of this. America was not supposed to be a country of monarchs and wealthy dynasties, and high inheritance taxes helped towards that goal.
- d3ckard 11mo agoBecause only poor people need income. If you have enough assets, income is optional.