https://archive.ph/20260225073357/https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/02/19/dont-go-after-the-rich-to-fix-broken-budgets

Apparently poor people starving while rich people have 2 yachts is less morally wrong than 👻Taxing the Rich👻

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[–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The solution to lobbying and citizens united isn’t tax changes - it’s transparency in political funding and the electorate giving a fuck. And, pretty obviously, if most of a governments tax income came from a few hundred individuals they’d have enormous power, even if you did fix the lobbying/citizens united problem- they could just leave and crash your income overnight

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago

    if most of a governments tax income came from a few hundred individuals they’d have enormous power

    But, currently, those people already have enormous power ... and we're not even getting any money out of the deal.

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