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Re:Media Owned by Wealthy Are Quick to Tell You Wealth Taxes... by jahaja on Thursday October 22, 2020 @02:36PM (#24861604)
> Some evidence for this are parts of Europe is abandoning their wealth taxes.

That's not evidence. We have right-wing parties in Europe too. They introduce right-wing policies when they have power, such as the above.

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Re:Media Owned by Wealthy Are Quick to Tell You Wealth Taxes... by JamesBarney on Thursday October 22, 2020 @04:28PM (#24862942)
Do you think that successful policies are as likely to be rolled back as unsuccessful ones?
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Re:Media Owned by Wealthy Are Quick to Tell You Wealth Taxes... by jahaja on Thursday October 22, 2020 @05:28PM (#24863489)
What kind of strange reasoning is that? Policies are enacted for multiple reasons, very often without any concrete evidence that it's better or worse.
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