If You Tax Them, Will They Leave?

Re:If You Tax Them, Will They Leave? by jdiff on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @08:02AM (#46794757)

That's not a punishment.

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Re:If You Tax Them, Will They Leave? by danslo on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @08:13AM (#46794917)

It is as long as they're not refunding you when you make a loss.

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Re:If You Tax Them, Will They Leave? by zbentley on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @08:36AM (#46795181)

Couldn’t it just as easily be equivalent to saying “you grew this year, so contribute some money back to society for enabling you to have the educated hiring base/financial infrastructure/physical infrastructure that enabled you to grow”?

Like, sure, you don’t owe growth taxes for a quarter when you didn’t grow. But why should you be refunded just because prior taxable growth isn’t denominated in money in a bank account?

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Re:If You Tax Them, Will They Leave? by wiseowise on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @09:14AM (#46795688)

> you grew this year, so contribute some money back to society for enabling you to have the educated hiring base/financial infrastructure/physical infrastructure that enabled you to grow

Apparently paying for gas, water, electricity, property taxes, taxes on everything you buy isn’t enough, now you have to “contribute for enabling”. What’s next? Pay because they “enable you to breathe”?

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Re:If You Tax Them, Will They Leave? by robocat on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @06:46PM (#46803465)

Plus ignoring that our society depends on businesses.

I have low opinions about unbalanced one sided arguments.

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Re:If You Tax Them, Will They Leave? by wiseowise on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @09:16AM (#46795710)

What is it if not a punishment? If you’re a high earner (not obscene earner, mind you) you already pay 50+% in taxes, on top of that you now have to pay even more?

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