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Now the idea that wealth would create a ruling class might have some merit, if it didn't come from Karl Marx.


Lots of people have said this. I don't know exactly what logical fallacy using Karl Marx's name to attack this idea is, but it's certainly a dirty trick. Try using evidence to discredit that idea instead of ad hominem-style attacks.

The FairTax will have a net effect of taking money away from the middle classes and giving it to the rich. This contributes to more concentration of wealth among the rich, which does make the creation of a "ruling class" of superrich families more likely. I don't say that this would necessarily happen or even likely happen due to the FairTax, but the odds go up.

The abolition of the estate tax (and I freely say that this is a different subject from the FairTax) would make this possibility exponentially more likely.



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