Just When Do The Rich Say: It's Time To Raise Our Taxes (minimum wage, state)
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Why are you entitled to the fruits of my labor simply by virtue of your existence on this Earth?
People pay taxes for shared services that benefit everyone. They don't pay taxes to be redistributed to others. There is nothing in the Constitution that says "Citizen A can be taxed to pay Citizen B".
I earn almost twice that $50k figure and I'm a Democrat, so there goes your poll, whoops
One person does not change poll results. All it tells us is that you continue to have the same mentality as the group who are largely incapable of supporting themselves.
Hint, it's not 1787 anymore, and besides the Constitution has been amended constantly
There has been no Amendment making health care a responsibility or power of the Fed Gov. As such, due to Article I Section 8 and the 10th Amendment, health care remains the purview of each of the States, respectively, not that of the Fed Gov
People pay taxes for shared services that benefit everyone. They don't pay taxes to be redistributed to others. There is nothing in the Constitution that says "Citizen A can be taxed to pay Citizen B".
Just because I agree to A, B and C doesn't mean that I must agree in perpetuity to D, E and F etc.
One person does not change poll results. All it tells us is that you continue to have the same mentality as the group who are largely incapable of supporting themselves.
Take it easy on him, he belongs to a group which is increasingly incapable of looking between their legs and telling whether they're a boy or a girl.
But you do know that wealth is not the same as income, right? Elon Musk is estimated at $250 bils does not mean he has literally that much in cash. I doubt that any of the billionaires have literally billions in cash.
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Originally Posted by Lekrii
Yes, I understand there's a difference. That's why I explicitly said we should tax the wealth of the ultra-rich, not the income.
But you also should know that ESTIMATED wealth is essentially an opinion, right?
An estimated wealth is essentially an opinion. It maybe an informed opinion backed up by some data from somewhere, but it is an opinion.
If my land is guesstimated at $100 value, that mean my wealth is worth $100. Not that I have $100 in hand. But what if MY opinion is that my land is worthless? Why would you believe someone else's opinion over mine?
If the government want to tax that $100 estimation, that is cash out of my pocket, in other words, the government made something out of nothing. Or more accurately, the government EXTRACTED something from me out of nothing. It does not matter if the amount is $100 or $100 billions of opinionated wealth, you are still extracting something out of nothing.
For now, you are targeting the 'ultra-rich', but what prevents you from lowering the threshold to 'rich', then to the 'not-so-rich', then down to my level? Nothing.
If I sell my land for $100, that would be actual cash, likewise, if the 'ultra-rich' turned their intangible wealth into tangible cash, then tax. But let us say that the 'ultra-rich' gave you permission to tax their intangible wealth, would you seek our permission in the future? Why would you seek our permission in the first place? Why not just take?
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