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How about some more progressive taxation and some real regulation of the banks?
by joshuaellinger 13y ago
How about some more progressive taxation and some real regulation of the banks?
- contingencies 13y agoI can't believe you were downvoted.
- noarchy 13y agoI can. The people who tend to read this site are not generally going to be from lower income brackets, so a more "progressive" tax just means more picking of their pockets. Regarding the banks, that's a real uphill fight. I don't know if there is a more protected, favoured sector. I'd be happy if the mentality that led to the bailouts were to end. That would be a great start.
- contingencies 13y agoSure, relative wealth and selfishness do probably correlate. However, you would hope that intelligence would trump that...
- noarchy 13y agoIntelligence probably led to a lot of that wealth being created, as well as the desire to protect it from those who have no legitimate claim over it. There is indeed selfishness at work here. There is the selfishness of those who don't want their wealth to be confiscated. There is also the selfishness of those who want to take the wealth of others.
- joshuaellinger 13y agoOh, I can. It just shows that this talk of helping the middle class is just talk. If I really wanted to get downvoted, I'd point out that trade unions correlate with a strong middle class.