the richest 25 Americans have an average tax rate of 15.8% (school, education, elect)
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Oh well. I couldn't care less. Actually, these people should be charged exactly the cost of the services they are provided from the government. I'm pretty sure that would be far, far less than they pay now.
You mean, they are less dependent on highways, police, and military forces?
Just because that's the way Dems want to tax people doesn't mean that's how it works.
Adjust your budget downward instead of rubber-stamp increasing it every year to pay for illegal aliens and sending pallet fulls of cash to countries that hate us.
And don't even pretend for one second that if you raise Jeff Bezos's taxes that you'll lower mine.
I don't even agree with this. No "rate" at all. Each person should pay the cost of whatever he or she is provided personally by the government. What that would mean is that the basic services like military protection and a few other things we all "use" would be the base "tax" that all citizens pay. Beyond that, if you use a bunch of government services, YOU pay for them. Not anyone else. YOU pay for the additional services rendered to you.
But then, I see the concept of "tax" as a "fee for service rendered." No more. No less. In this model, the charge for most all the BS that we pay for and never see a dime back would go bye bye. And nearly every Santa Claus program would go away. Inefficient, expensive government programs would be replaced by far more efficient free market services.
I don't even agree with this. No "rate" at all. Each person should pay the cost of whatever he or she is provided personally by the government. What that would mean is that the basic services like military protection and a few other things we all "use" would be the base "tax" that all citizens pay. Beyond that, if you use a bunch of government services, YOU pay for them. Not anyone else. YOU pay for the additional services rendered to you.
But then, I see the concept of "tax" as a "fee for service rendered." No more. No less. In this model, the charge for most all the BS that we pay for and never see a dime back would go bye bye. And nearly every Santa Claus program would go away. Inefficient, expensive government programs would be replaced by far more efficient free market services.
It is more complicated than that.
You may think Bezos does not need more police protection than we do. However, if there is no police, Amazon will be looted every day, which certainly has an impact on his wealth. Not to mention the legal system in the US guaranteed the prosperity of such corporations.
Many Amazon employees received education in public schools. If there is no government funding, it would be difficult to find properly educated workers.
All countries make rich people pay more (in theory) for good reasons.
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