How Puerto Rico Became a Tax Haven for the Super Rich

Re:How Puerto Rico Became a Tax Haven for the Super Rich by jakelazaroff on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @12:23AM (#18021656)

You can solve the waste issue by rationing. But more to the point, prioritizing rich people is every bit as arbitrary as prioritizing those who live near water stockpiles.

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Re:How Puerto Rico Became a Tax Haven for the Super Rich by spacehome on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @04:40AM (#18022780)

You're 100% correct. Rationing by wealth leads to equal misery as rationing by who happened by the grocery store sooner. However rationing by wealth is the surest way to increase supply quickly.

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Re:How Puerto Rico Became a Tax Haven for the Super Rich by loeg on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @01:04AM (#18021806)

Do you like, not believe in monetary systems in general? This is how money works. With more of it, you can outbid people with less of it.

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Re:How Puerto Rico Became a Tax Haven for the Super Rich by s73v3r_ on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @12:56PM (#18025634)

And in an emergency situation, that is a morally wrong system to have.

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Re:How Puerto Rico Became a Tax Haven for the Super Rich by loeg on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @08:04PM (#18028649)

Like democracy, it's the worst system to have except for literally any other system we've tried.

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