Majority of Americans favor wealth tax on very rich: poll

Re:Majority of Americans favor wealth tax on very rich: poll by keanzu on Friday January 10, 2020 @01:25PM (#22013460)

The tyranny of the majority is a weakness inherent to majority rule in which the majority of an electorate pursues exclusively its own interests at the expense of those in the minority. This results in oppression of minority groups comparable to that of a tyrant or despot.

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Re:Majority of Americans favor wealth tax on very rich: poll by sephlietz on Friday January 10, 2020 @01:32PM (#22013598)

Rich, powerful people are not oppressed. Taxes are not oppression.

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Re:Majority of Americans favor wealth tax on very rich: poll by jandrese on Friday January 10, 2020 @01:42PM (#22013745)

Oh no, how will those poor powerless multi-millionaires survive? Oh wait, they still control the government.

This situation is kind of silly to talk about because the very people who would be subject to the tax will just tell their congresspeople to vote no and that will be the end of it.

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