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0 pointsdepr2y ago0 comments

What I meant is:

>I don't think we should be assessing pros or cons of economic systems based on whether people get to keep their money.

but earlier you said:

>They are also, for everything they buy, and everyone they employ, paying tax.

So if we should not assess the economic system based on whether people keep their money, i.e. pay tax, then why mention that they pay tax? It doesn't seem relevant.

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robertlagrant2y ago

> So if we should not assess the economic system based on whether people keep their money, i.e. pay tax

Not just pay tax. People lose money over generations for all sorts of reasons.

I brought up tax in the context of "redistribution", as there's a growing worldview that says tax is not as a thing to pay for central services, but more just to take money from people who have more of it than they do.

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