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Re:A 400-year story of progress – How America became the wor... by Banthum on Sunday September 24, 2017 @08:33PM (#15327285)
That's why we have such massive forced redistribution of those resources (e.g. progressive income taxes), yes.

There is a limit in either case. Nobody would say one person should be allowed to control all global wealth, or that one person should be assigned all of North America. It's just a matter how where you draw your line.

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Re:A 400-year story of progress – How America became the wor... by sk5t on Sunday September 24, 2017 @10:46PM (#15327741)
One might consider that the fortunes and income of the very wealthy are, for the most part, not subject to income tax, nor progressive taxes of any other sort of which I am aware. Dividends, capital gains, etc.
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