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[–] scarabic 44 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Let’s set aside all moral debates about freedom, punishing prosperity, blah blah blah.

There is one very simple and practical reason to tax the rich:

because that’s where all the money is

[–] Dead_or_Alive 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Conversely there is one simple reason why politicians who hope to get re-elected will never tax the rich.

Because that is where all the money is

Get the special interests and money out of politics and we may have a chance of taxing them.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And the people who don't have any money keep voting for the people who are the worst about this

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The people who don't have any money can't vote for anybody who is good about this because that's how it's designed. It's not our fucking fault.

I mean it is; that we haven't taken power directly.

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