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It feels like you could use the exact same argument to justify a 99% income tax. If government passed a 99% income tax, would you support it with this argument,
by danielweber 14y ago
It feels like you could use the exact same argument to justify a 99% income tax. If government passed a 99% income tax, would you support it with this argument, or would a different argument come into play to say it's too much?
- rayiner 14y agoYes you could, if that were the only operative consideration. The U.S.A. is a club and the people are free to charge whatever fee they wish for membership. In the absence of belonging to any such club, we'd just be subsistence farmers so any fee between that and what you can make as a member of the club is in my opinion fair in that sense. Of course that's not the only operative consideration. There are other clubs that charge different fees, which might be less. You can always move to Club Canada or Club Germany, (or wherever). In a globalized society the "fair" tax rates are limited not by some abstract ethical consideration, but by competition between countries to offer the most pleasant societies for the lowest tax burdens.