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Re:Millionaires call for an emergency tax on billionaires by smhenderson on Friday August 13, 2021 @12:22PM (#28170954)
Not saying I disagree but to play devil's advocate here - wouldn't them spending on luxury items still benefit society overall rather than them keeping it locked up somewhere? Working class people are the one's making and selling the luxury items and once injected into the economy the money they spent on said items would be taxed further and spread around as others spent it.
Re:Millionaires call for an emergency tax on billionaires by OscarCunningham on Friday August 13, 2021 @12:49PM (#28171374)
Wealth being 'locked up' doesn't matter. If we're at near full employment and our tools and machines aren't sitting idle, then we're producing at full capacity.