richardhutnik said:
Kasz216 said:
The thing is... find somewhere where most people DON'T think the rich don't pay enough taxes.
Most people will think the rich don't pay enough taxes, because the rich have more then them... and it's in most human's nature to be mad when somebody else gets more... often to their own detriment.
See many game theory expeirments where a subject is told they have the ability to accept a deal and they and the person splitting it will both get money... or reject it... and they will both get nothing. When told the person has decided to give them 30% of the wealth. Most people in spite will veto the deal insuring both people get nothing. Intentionally harming themself, just to intentionally harm someone else.
The French just voted for someone who wants to raise the taxes on the rich to 75%.
I'm not sure there i a tax level high enough that people would be satisfied with permanently. (Well outside a salary Cap like Khan wants.)
Karl Marx's greatest insight was when he said a town would be peaceful, whether everybody was rich, or everybody was poor and that struggles only really come up when some neighbors end up outpacing others.
That is how most people think... although they shouldn't. Overall benefit to yourself and society should be judged higher then worrying about being outpaced by your neighbors.
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What is interesting, in that survey, is that a decent percentage believe the poor don't pay enough taxes. The group, which currently has the most people, thinks the middle class either pay enough or too much. And an overwhelming percentage don't believe the rich pay too much. It is human nature to want the game of life to be "fair". The want to believe that you are getting your fair share, even if the pie is smaller.
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It's less intresting then you'd think.
There is a sociological/psychological trend where people tend to think they're "Average."
(a correct reading would of course show 10's all across the board.)
Hence why everybody thinks the middle class pays enough/too much...
because EVERYBODY thinks they're the middle class. whether they make 20,000 or 300,000.
Feeling the poor need to contribute more is pretty expected honestly, if you consider the fact that hard working poor people think they're middle class, and often see themselves shut out of welfare often for worse relatives get a lot of support... or in general people feeling like there taxes are too high.
A lot of people fighting the "Top 1%" likely didn't realize they were in it, thinking the top 1% were all millionaires.
