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Re:US will ban Wall Street investors from buying single-fami... by kelnos on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @10:08PM (#46536709)
More than 70% of the US population lives in a state with state income tax. So I think it's fair to say that "we" tax labor, in general, even if it's not universal.

And regardless, "we" also means the US federal government here, and everyone in the US is subject to US income tax, regardless of which state you live in.

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Re:US will ban Wall Street investors from buying single-fami... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday January 08, 2026 @02:50AM (#46538443)
> it's fair to say that "we" tax labor, in general, even if it's not universal

The point is we have a natural difference-in-differences layout, and it doesn’t sustain the hypothesis that taxing labor is the problem (for this effect).

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