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There isn't much juice to squeeze when you make one of the most progressive tax systems in the world even more progressive. Normalizing the idea that the middle
by jandrewrogers 6mo ago
There isn't much juice to squeeze when you make one of the most progressive tax systems in the world even more progressive. Normalizing the idea that the middle class should pay very little tax makes it impossible to raise the necessary revenue as a matter of math.
- jeffbee 6mo agoExactly. The tax platform that we need the most is that dentists are not paying their share. Penny-ante local landlords are not paying their fair share. There is too much focus on the ultra rich, you can and should take all their stuff but it doesn't amount to a whole lot.
- lokar 6mo agoAIUI, most EU nations (the ones with the great social benefits the left says it wants for America), have a flatter tax burden, where the middle class pays a higher percentage of the total.
- etskinner 6mo agoMost people suggesting taxing the rich more aren't saying that the middle class should pay very little tax
- dionian 6mo agohow much of the revenue is necessary?
- jandrewrogers 6mo agoNo idea, my point was more that the math doesn't math regardless of if they are spending it well or poorly.