I get the joke but seriously, I couldn’t care less how much money they hoard if it wasn’t desperately needed elsewhere. Taxing the rich is neither for shits and giggles nor for the sake of it.
Edit: man, I wish I’d learn to keep my stupid mouth shut instead of always inadvertently provoking misunderstandings.
Well yes. But the person I responded to implied they’d be in favour of taxing the rich even if the money wasn’t needed elsewhere - in this hypothetical, utopian case I wouldn’t give a shit about their taxes. (Again, I know they were being facetious, I’m just mad at this woman right now and don’t want to see the humour in it)
It’s not a joke. Taxes on the rich should be raised because excessive wealth and income inequality is bad for society. If the government doesn’t need it for any particular project it should be redistributed evenly across the society.
No, even if we just destroyed their wealth, it would be helpful because they would no longer be bidding up scarce resources like land, corrupting our politics, etc.
Taxing the rich is not just “oh we as a society want money to do things, so let’s take that money from the people who have it”.
Taxing the rich is about removing the incentives that wealthy people have to seek out and hoard more wealth. Get them to stop trying to control everything and seek rents. Convince them to just be satisfied with being, in 2025, a USD hundred-millionaire. Force them to enjoy an early retirement.
Absolutely moronic headline, it’s a gigantic straw man argument, as you say nobody wants to pay higher taxes just for fun.
Also it’s an absolutely shit article with near zero content for several full-screen page scrolls on a 32 inch monitor!!
WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social
on 16 Nov 12:32
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Funny how they suddenly care about how taxes are spent.
ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com
on 16 Nov 13:18
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Well, I’m convinced. Let the billionaires keep their money, it’s good for us all 🤡
HubertManne@piefed.social
on 16 Nov 14:44
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they actually should. just taking it and destroying it would still reduce economic inequality. Using it for infrastructure is just exponentially increases its value and doing something like a citizens income is another exponential leap.
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Blablabla I don’t care about her life story, wtf does she mean “for the sake of it”? Nobody wants to raise taxes for shits and giggles!
If it’s on the rich, I do.
I get the joke but seriously, I couldn’t care less how much money they hoard if it wasn’t desperately needed elsewhere. Taxing the rich is neither for shits and giggles nor for the sake of it.
Edit: man, I wish I’d learn to keep my stupid mouth shut instead of always inadvertently provoking misunderstandings.
That’s kind of the point no?
Well yes. But the person I responded to implied they’d be in favour of taxing the rich even if the money wasn’t needed elsewhere - in this hypothetical, utopian case I wouldn’t give a shit about their taxes. (Again, I know they were being facetious, I’m just mad at this woman right now and don’t want to see the humour in it)
It’s not a joke. Taxes on the rich should be raised because excessive wealth and income inequality is bad for society. If the government doesn’t need it for any particular project it should be redistributed evenly across the society.
So you agree that it’s not just for the sake of it.
No, even if we just destroyed their wealth, it would be helpful because they would no longer be bidding up scarce resources like land, corrupting our politics, etc.
Who’s joking?
I want to see billionaires taxed out of existence.
Taxing the rich is not just “oh we as a society want money to do things, so let’s take that money from the people who have it”.
Taxing the rich is about removing the incentives that wealthy people have to seek out and hoard more wealth. Get them to stop trying to control everything and seek rents. Convince them to just be satisfied with being, in 2025, a USD hundred-millionaire. Force them to enjoy an early retirement.
Absolutely moronic headline, it’s a gigantic straw man argument, as you say nobody wants to pay higher taxes just for fun.
Also it’s an absolutely shit article with near zero content for several full-screen page scrolls on a 32 inch monitor!!
She married into one of the most powerful and wealthy families in history. She means “why should we pay for the plebs?”
When we chop your head off, all your money will be taken, you cunt.
You can be nice or you can be headless. This future is unavoidable.
It’s time to slay all the wealth hoarding dragons.
Funny how they suddenly care about how taxes are spent.
Well, I’m convinced. Let the billionaires keep their money, it’s good for us all 🤡
they actually should. just taking it and destroying it would still reduce economic inequality. Using it for infrastructure is just exponentially increases its value and doing something like a citizens income is another exponential leap.
Why not do both?