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by amazingamazing 484 days ago
you keep bringing in property but that's irrelevant to begin with, as that's a wealth construct and I'm only talking about W2 income. if you make more money, you will pay more taxes regardless if whether or not you own any property, so your point is moot.

all 50 states already levy property taxes on real estate so that's already accounted for separately

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Property is not just real estate and state property tax is not what is keeping the american billionaire class safe and growing richer.

If you've asked this question in good faith, perhaps isolating and over-defining "income" or "property" is limiting your understanding of the broader question we're responding to: do rich people pay more or less tax compared to the value they get from government? Most here seem to be in agreement that rich get more value from our government than poor do because they have more at stake.