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Re:We are publishing the tax secrets of the .001% by sklearncowboy on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @10:34PM (#27443610)
Isn't the problem though that any time you introduce a threshold the threshold gets gamed?

A tax on people making $400k a year causes a giant spike in people making $399k a year.

I think no matter what you do, bad unintended consequences will occur.

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Re:We are publishing the tax secrets of the .001% by silicon2401 on Thursday June 10, 2021 @02:24PM (#27463782)
> I think no matter what you do, bad unintended consequences will occur.

I agree, and that's why I don't freak out when we have inequality. It's unavoidable for as long as we allow humans to grow based on genetic lottery rather than pre-approved personalities. No matter what system you have, if I'm smart and selfish enough, I'll find a way to exploit it for my benefit at least, and maybe go out of my way to harm others if I'm sadistic, too.

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