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THE quintessential dwarf
It’s a higher % for people without a house or kids
It’s a higher % for people without a house or kids
if your total federal income tax bill is 10 bucks a day then 3 bucks a day would be significanthey man, that's almost like, 3 bucks a day
It’s a higher % for people without a house or kids
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/19/7337...dal-the-path-of-a-controversial-economic-idea
Trump awards Laffer Presidential Medal of Freedom
and at the same time a bunch of billionaires sign plea for a wealth tax. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/billionaires-soros-pritzker-heirs-call-120429291.html
all a bunch of assholes
One of the youngest signers, 35-year-old Liesel Pritzker Simmons, whose extended family is worth more than $33 billion, framed the situation simply: “We are part of the problem, so tax us.”
The signers “thought it was important for people who would be affected by a wealth tax to come out publicly and say we want this, this is OK, this leads toward the America we want to see,” she said in a phone interview.
It’d be WAY simpler to make income tax rates more progressive. Annual income is comparatively easy to measure and value. Preparation of personal financial statements (to arrive at net worth) and the valuations required to build those would be nightmarish.