fkusumot said:
Sqrl said:
Ok but is this about fairness as a whole or just taking as much money from the wealthy without taking so much as to make them not classify as wealthy anymore? The reason I ask is because you seem to be ok with an estate tax on the rich but if the same were applied to you or your family then suddenly it would not be ok? How would you say it is fair with a straight face if that is the case? Simply because they have more? If that is your answer then once again I will say you are penalizing success which is at its heart a socialistic concept. Once again I can understand that the rich will have to pick up more than other people because that is just the economic reality of the situation. What I do not agree with is this idea that we should maximise this "extra" they are paying or that we should be looking for new ways to tax them that we don't tax anyone else. This is why I have repeated this idea of "treating each person the same" so many times. |
You do understand how the estate tax helps keep the US from completely becoming a plutocracy? Personally I'm in favor of living in a more meritocratic society. |
If you are referring to the way the rich influence the political system then I would say it is a concern but the shortcoming of one system shouldn't be the reasons for implementing shortcomings into another system.
In other words we should fix what is broken (ie campaign finance) rather than break something else.
PS - Let me know if I understood you properly.
