[akie]

Increase taxes on wealthy people and give it to poorer people so that almost everyone is better off. How is this a bad idea again?

[drran]

Why not to increase taxes on poorer people and give it to wealthy people, so that almost everyone is better off? How this is a bad idea again?

[_Understated_]

How do you define "wealthy"?

[adrianN]

People who make more than the median.

[blueterminal]

It is a great idea but seemingly impossible to implement successfully. Has it ever been successful?

[adrianN]

There are various taxes that work that way. Depending on how high they are (and how high the taxes that work in the opposite way are) it works better or worse. The difference between rich and poor is not the same everywhere on the planet.

[AdrianB1]

Then rape the women and molest the children in the process, then kill them all when you're done; it is as moral as your proposal, just finishing the sentence. "How is this a bad idea again", you say?

[dang]

Would you please stop posting ideological flamebait to HN? We've asked you before, and you've done it twice in the last 24 hours. Not cool.

The GP comment wasn't great either but this was much worse.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[AdrianB1]

Sorry, it is not by intention, probably cultural difference interpreting the same words in different ways. What is the second comment that looks out of line?

[dang]

I forget which one I had in mind, but it was probably https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24259070.