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by snovv_crash 17 days ago
Senate argument: "This poweryacht is necessary for my donor's livelihood of entertaining billionaires"
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This argument kind of illustrates why consumption tax is better. It's easy to advocate "lower taxes for everyone!" giving rich people most of the benefit, but it's much harder to advocate for "lower yacht tax!" without pissing off a whole bunch of wage workers.
Have you seen the US tax code?