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by narak 2236 days ago
This has always been a shit argument. Injustice has to be fixed across the board, otherwise it's a tax on just the honest/moral people.
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I am talking about the choice of word and testing wether he means it or not.

If he said that the would not mind paying more for taxes, that is ok.

Saying "it is not fair" is just populist BS - would you keep money that you honestly thought was given unfairly to you?

You are being pedantic.

Think: a sincere declaration of a willingness to cooperatively sacrifice to solve a group problem, if others do too.

Don't think: an offer to individually self-immolate, which would not solve the problem. That is a straw man test of whether someone "means" business.