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Re:Barely Half of 30-Year-Olds in the U.S. Earn More Than Th... by mistermann on Friday December 09, 2016 @10:33AM (#13139262)
The people having their money removed from them may have a word or two to say about the plan.
Re:Barely Half of 30-Year-Olds in the U.S. Earn More Than Th... by Chinjut on Friday December 09, 2016 @04:31PM (#13142020)
Everyone may have a word or two to say about every aspect of how society is run; such is democratic politics. But you speak as though the amount of money someone is construed as having is a physical quality intrinsic to them, instead of a social relation we agree to. The idea that taxation is a taking imposed after the fact on an otherwise natural distribution is muddled; it's all just numbers in ledgers, the tokens of a game whose rules are chosen by society in the first place.
Re:Barely Half of 30-Year-Olds in the U.S. Earn More Than Th... by toomuchtodo on Friday December 09, 2016 @12:32PM (#13140138)
There is a cost for being allowed to collect wealth in society. Lots of countries to pick from if someone decides to leave.
Re:Barely Half of 30-Year-Olds in the U.S. Earn More Than Th... by Chinjut on Friday December 09, 2016 @05:26PM (#13142407)
The people barely scraping by with no rest to look forward to may have a word or two to say about the status quo.