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"If you want more taxes and are rich, just donate to treasury argument" again.

We want systemic changes, not patrons.

Taxes are for equity and fairness. Taxes are compulsory, donations are voluntary.

Taxes are payment for being for being rich.

Donations are taxes for being a good person.

Great rant: David Mitchell on Tax Avoidance from The Last Leg https://youtu.be/xc8epam4NyY?t=150

Then Mitchell being more serious: You can't blame the rich for paying as little tax as possible. I do the same https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/oct/31/david-...

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RickJWagner8mo ago

I see it more like the wealthy want to maintain their relative position. They want others to have to pay to buy the things they want. They’ll still be just as wealthy, relatively, but they’ll also get the governmental changes they seek.

It’s not about getting the societal changes. If it were, they wouldn’t mind paying for it themselves. It’s about making others pay.

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