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Re:Modeling a Wealth Tax by cultus on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @01:51PM (#24201817)
Statistically, people with wealthy parents are far more likely to be wealthy than those of poor parents. Bezos would have been far less likely to create Amazon did he not get that loan. Do you dispute this?
Re:Modeling a Wealth Tax by airstrike on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @01:58PM (#24201922)
I don't dispute that, but also don't want to write policy to change that. It isn't really an informative fact. It's almost obvious, really.
Re:Modeling a Wealth Tax by kolbe on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @03:00PM (#24202790)
Maybe. So what? No one is an individual. “He” is also a product of his parents’ DNA mixing to produce an intellectually healthy and superior brain. His parents also stuffed copious amounts of useful information into that brain. As did people around him growing up. And his parents used savings, likely derived from many generations of people passing on their wealth/culture/knowledge, to aid in the continuation of their DNA’s importance to humanity.