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by ModernMech 2985 days ago
True, but 8 people hold 50% of the world's wealth, and pay less in taxes on a percentage basis than us normal slobs. There's no reason we shouldn't tax them and everyone who has more than they need for 1000 lifetimes at 90%, no matter how long it took them to acquire their wealth. It's obscene.
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But there’s a huge difference between making a moral case for taxing the wealthy, and making it possible to tax the wealthy, isn’t there?
Why penalize hyper-productivity?