it is difficult for us to agree if there is a threshold to which a person who has accumulated wealth must have shifted from 'earning' it to 'taking' it, and whether 'taking' it is analogous to 'stealing' it.
sometimes people believe wealth transfer is a zero sum game, sometimes people believe it never is, and the truth is probably in between
if you believe that a single human can earn a thousand billion dollars, it follows you can believe a million people losing a million dollars is its just inverse
i dont know enough about people or money to make up my mind
i have a roaring vermont castings wood stove running, its -15C outside, and i am fine; i am 14 oak logs away from changing my world view
this system is fragile but we measure it instantaneously
I don't know how you meant that, but if you repeatedly make bad decisions regarding the income you do get, then yes, you will be poor and I shouldn't have to foot that bill.
Personal responsibility is important for a civilized society.
When the rich are being impaled by pitchforks I hope they spare thought about how they should have been more personally responsible for keeping society together.
it is difficult for us to agree if there is a threshold to which a person who has accumulated wealth must have shifted from 'earning' it to 'taking' it, and whether 'taking' it is analogous to 'stealing' it.
sometimes people believe wealth transfer is a zero sum game, sometimes people believe it never is, and the truth is probably in between
if you believe that a single human can earn a thousand billion dollars, it follows you can believe a million people losing a million dollars is its just inverse
i dont know enough about people or money to make up my mind
i have a roaring vermont castings wood stove running, its -15C outside, and i am fine; i am 14 oak logs away from changing my world view
this system is fragile but we measure it instantaneously
Why wouldn't you just increase the top tax rate instead of a wealth tax?
Plus also stop pretending that borrowing $1B against an asset you bought for $500 isn't a realized gain and tax that too.
No reason why my neighbor shouldn’t be able to afford health care for his sick mother.
In other words, no reason why all the wealth needs to be hoarded at the top. It needs to be shared. Otherwise good people are suffering needlessly.
Really very cruel and heartless to just be transferring wealth instead of allowing it to circulate.
In other words, American voters continue to fall for the "trickle down" con and suffer the consequences.
The rich are out to prove that stupid people deserve to be poor.
> stupid people deserve to poor
I don't know how you meant that, but if you repeatedly make bad decisions regarding the income you do get, then yes, you will be poor and I shouldn't have to foot that bill.
Personal responsibility is important for a civilized society.
Good news then because taxing the wealthy wouldn't increase what you pay in the slightest.
When the rich are being impaled by pitchforks I hope they spare thought about how they should have been more personally responsible for keeping society together.
exactly how did this wealth increase made anyone poorer?
no non-mad replies because it didn't