[wmccullough]

Not disagreeing, just curious. How much taxation is appropriate for the wealthy? When explicitly does the label of wealthy apply?

[guelo]

Who knows. I'm sure there are many economics papers addressing the question. But it's somewhere before you get to the historic inequality levels of today https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GINIALLRF

[thephyber]

To be fair, inequality levels were comparable in 1929, which falls outsize of the scope of that chart. Still historic by US standards, but not unprecedented.

[hetman]

Rather than a single cut-off you just scale this gradually so there is no single wealthy/not wealthy divide but an increasing expectation to carry social responsibility as your wealth increase.

[matt_wulfeck]

You’ve outlined our tax system as it exists today.

[matt_wulfeck]

Just take it all and divide it up equally. Then when enough people start to run out, take it all and divide it again.