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Re:America's billionaires pay an average income tax rate of ... by dionidium on Thursday September 23, 2021 @10:21PM (#28637964)
> But it sure as hell will touch the engineer trying to buy a house in San Francisco.

There are lots of things we can and should be doing to ensure that high-income tech workers won't have any trouble affording a home in San Francisco, but taxing them less isn't on that list.

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Re:America's billionaires pay an average income tax rate of ... by closeparen on Thursday September 23, 2021 @11:14PM (#28638230)
Our tax and housing policies are two reflections of the same moral system - appreciated assets are sacrosanct while valuable labor is obscene.
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