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> taxes are the primary mechanism for converting money from rich people into services for everybody Even California billionaires would rather leave the state t
by irishcoffee 9mo ago
> taxes are the primary mechanism for converting money from rich people into services for everybody
Even California billionaires would rather leave the state than pay the 5% wealth tax. All to provide “services” that are generally superfluous or tied to corrupt kickbacks.
- etiennebausson 9mo agoYou seems to mistake a corruption/grift problem for a wealth redistribution scheme issue. They do not need to be linked, they generally aren't, in the EU at least.