Re:Tech Is Splitting the U.S. Work Force in Two
by TACIXAT on Monday February 04, 2019 @07:40PM
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Isn't wealth redistribution via taxes treating the symptom and not the cause? We should look at the structures that allow massive wealth inequality to form in the first place. This could be a lot of things besides tax policy.
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Re:Tech Is Splitting the U.S. Work Force in Two
by mlthoughts2018 on Monday February 04, 2019 @07:46PM
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This would seem to lead to a Harrison Bergeron sort of outcome, no? I mean, basic variation in genetic factors, geographic and political circumstances of your birthplace, these things directly lead to variation of productivity, which in turn leads to variation of wealth.
Re:Tech Is Splitting the U.S. Work Force in Two
by bearmcbearsly on Monday February 04, 2019 @07:42PM
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That's what the entire article was about.
Re:Tech Is Splitting the U.S. Work Force in Two
by TACIXAT on Monday February 04, 2019 @09:27PM
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Really? I didn't see anything about about wealth distribution via taxes versus other means.
Re:Tech Is Splitting the U.S. Work Force in Two
by mac01021 on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @11:10AM
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Right. The article was about the social structures that cause wealth disparity to come about in the first place.
Maybe you meant, though, that we should be discussing plans to replace those with better social structures.
That's fair, but I admit to having a hard time imagining any that are not ultimately equivalent to wealth redistribution.