• Eldritch@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Well a flat % tax wouldn’t be too bad. But that’s never what they mean. They want trillionaires to pay the same dollar amount in taxes as someone in poverty. And even if we could get them to pay the same percentage of their income in taxes as someone in poverty. The wealthy are experts at hiding their income.

    Though honestly thieves like the wealthy need to be taxed harder than anyone else as punishment for their theft.

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      A flat percentage-based tax rate would cause a lot more problems than you’d think. Fixing the loopholes to ensure the wealthy are paying their fair share would be of a much larger benefit to everyone immediately. Maybe they can work on the rest of the simplicity after we can stop all the rich bitches from cheating the existing system.

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        Oh no I get that that’s why I said they’re experts at hiding their income. All those loopholes would ultimately make it less functional. It would still be more fair than paying the same dollar amount but you’re not wrong they will cheat every way possible in order to steal a few dollars more.