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Re:Study Suggests Inequality Can Be Fixed with Wealth Redist... by norswap on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @04:31PM (#15502717)
What's so ridiculous about that? That's pretty much how it works in many "welfare" states across Europe (I'm from Belgium).

I don't find the thought of not being able to afford healthcare if bad luck strikes very appealing.

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Re:Study Suggests Inequality Can Be Fixed with Wealth Redist... by nicolashahn on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @04:40PM (#15502791)
It's not ridiculous at all, in fact some of us are paying 45% of our salary in taxes already!
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Re:Study Suggests Inequality Can Be Fixed with Wealth Redist... by lobf on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @04:43PM (#15502831)
I'm not in tech and I'm not making nearly the salaries that most of you guys are making- I'm paying 40% of my checks in taxes.

So yeah, if you're making double what I'm making, maybe pay in a bit more. What's so crazy about that?

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Re:Study Suggests Inequality Can Be Fixed with Wealth Redist... by twiceaday on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @04:57PM (#15502994)
Roads and bridges are not bought with tax percentages, they are bought with tax dollars. Somebody making twice as much as you paying the same tax rate is paying twice as much tax as you.
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Re:Study Suggests Inequality Can Be Fixed with Wealth Redist... by munk-a on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @05:00PM (#15503037)
Somebody making twice as much as me can afford to pay more than twice as much as me in taxes and still make more money than me. Money has diminishing returns anyways.
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Re:Study Suggests Inequality Can Be Fixed with Wealth Redist... by nicolashahn on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @05:54PM (#15503557)
This is how tax brackets work. The system is already in place. Tuning the numbers is what we seemingly can't agree on.
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Re:Study Suggests Inequality Can Be Fixed with Wealth Redist... by lobf on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @09:07PM (#15504651)
I don't know why you downvoted me- I'm in favor of tiers.
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