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Re:The Miracle of Wörgl by Bjartr on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @12:20PM (#45969207)
If they don't affect the rich, why have the rock didn't so much time, effort, and money eroding such taxes over decades?
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Re:The Miracle of Wörgl by d3ckard on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @12:43PM (#45969509)
Eroding them is beneficial to other groups of society, not the rich.

It's like with corporations. Corporations love complex legal systems, as they are the only ones with money to deal with them. Simplification actually benefits smaller enterprises.

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Re:The Miracle of Wörgl by webnrrd2k on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @04:43PM (#45972590)
How is high marginal taxes and high inheritance taxes not simple?

If complexity is the problem then close the loopholes that let people get out of this.

America was not supposed to be a country of monarchs and wealthy dynasties, and high inheritance taxes helped towards that goal.

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Re:The Miracle of Wörgl by d3ckard on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @06:31PM (#45973716)
Because only poor people need income. If you have enough assets, income is optional.
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