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   On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:24:37 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
      
   >On 1/14/2026 8:07 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >> On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 07:47:58 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 1/13/2026 8:06 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>> On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:40:25 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 1/12/2026 5:35 PM, dart200 wrote:   
   >>>>>> tax the fuck out of the rich, literally just give it to the poor, so   
   >>>>>> they drive the bus in ways that actually help people.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>> That's easy for you to say, you've got no skin in the game.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> The main flaw in your logic is you negate the principle that everyone   
   >>>>> should be equal under the law, including taxation on income.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> In fact, wealthy people give the most to charity and pay the majority of   
   >>>>> the US income tax.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Arguments against increasing taxes on the rich center primarily on   
   >>>>> negative economic impacts, such as disincentivizing investment and   
   >>>>> innovation. And, the risk of capital flight, as pointed out by Wilson.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Plus, the logistical difficulty of implementation would be practically   
   >>>>> impossible.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Not practically but certainly politically.  What you are asking is for   
   >>>> people who have the power in society to somehow allow something   
   >>>> contrary to their self interest.  Never going to happen, and once   
   >>>> again points to the problem with libertarianism.   
   >>>>   
   >>> Wait! What?   
   >>>   
   >>> You want to "tax the fuck out of the rich, literally just give it to the   
   >>> poor, so they drive the bus in ways that actually help people."   
   >>   
   >> Tax  the fuck out of the rich.  That's the trick the rich folks like   
   >> to play.  Amounts that are pocket change to them seem like huge   
   >> amounts to the rest of us.  So rich folks wail and moan as if they   
   >> were actually being hurt, and some of us fall for it.   
   >>   
   >It has been already proved by the data that the more you tax the   
   >wealthy, the less tax is actually collected. The higher the taxes on the   
   >wealthy, the more loop holes to avoid paying will be found. Wealthy   
   >people donate the most to charity and pay most of the federal income tax.   
      
   Which shows how legislators want to seem to be taxing them, but   
   provide legal ways to avoid it.  That does not mean there are not many   
   not so legal ways.   
      
   All of which does not mean that wealth should not be taxed.  It only   
   means we need to get serious about taxation.   
      
   >If you're unemployed, you pay zero income tax. In your case, you may pay   
   >the Crown.   
   >   
   >   
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