Is it really possible to tax the rich? - eviltoast

And what would happen if we did?

  • AA5B@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    There’s also the very important concept of a capital gains tax. Why does their income from stock sales get to be taxed at a special low rate, as if it weren’t income? That’s ridiculous

    We’d go a long way toward evening it out just by deciding

    • income is income. No special categories of income for the wealthy
    • when your company or trust spends money on your personal life, that’s also income
    • tax brackets keep going. They don’t even have to be specially high, but why does it top out so early? Why is my doctor’s income taxed at the same rate as the richest man in the world’s income?