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0 pointssmallnamespace8y ago0 comments

This sort of logic is also why it's hard to get this sort of legislation passed nowadays.

Media has done a good job of raising awareness of the problems of wealth disparity, and a lot of people nod along.

But no matter how wealthy someone is, they can always point to the more-rich and say those people are the problem and should be taxed, not themselves.

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heylook8y ago

> But no matter how wealthy someone is, they can always point to the more-rich and say those people are the problem and should be taxed, not themselves.

This is obviously untrue. There isn't an infinite number of people wealthier than Gates or the Waltons or the Rothschilds. At some point there is no one further up the economic ladder in whatever location you're talking about.

smallnamespaceOP8y ago

Sure, but it's literally untrue for only one person in the world, or let's say a handful of people if you want to restrict by geography (although it seems the richer you are, the easier it is to shift wealth around).

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