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if it was as simple as raising a tax rate, then would already have the rich paying the taxes

this is meritocracy, as long as the people with most money have the legal advisors around that are always one step ahead and finding they grey areas, then tax rate will never apply

it's like saying that raising the fine or strictening the policies for using steroids will decrease the usage, it won't

people will always do whatever do get an edge

wencke 0mo ago

you’re saying something there.

supply and demand. the more rich people there is, the harder it’s gonna be to increase the taxes.

in Norway they tried to increase the taxes to over 50% (ridiculous) for certain people. what happened was that they all moved out, and took all innovation with them. Norway is already a country where the taxes are high, and innovation won’t excel, and so on and so forth.

don’t get me wrong. im all for taxes as long as i see the taxes being reflected back to me, and benefits me. but when the taxes becomes so high that prices on everything rises, it’s not sustainable for a «regular» person.

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wencke 0mo ago

there’s probably plenty of other arguments but that would take the whole day to discuss

tanel 0mo ago

higher taxes drive out the HNWI and UHNWI from initially the state, and if federal, then also the country, decreasing the amount of jobs and money trickling down to the people, lowering the quality of life and eventually driving away the employees also

wencke 0mo ago

exactly but that won’t happen over night. it will be a slow shift that most people won’t even notice before it’s too late

wencke 0mo ago

i think Norway is a prime example of where the loyalty to the government is so high that we sometimes forget to question the long-term consequences of the actions they oftentimes take.

if you compare Norway and Sweden (two countries very similar on paper but in reality not) you will see why Sweden is doing a lot better in terms of these things compared to Norway

tanel 0mo ago

better in what sense? bending the knee more to the corporate?

wencke 0mo ago

actually lower taxes and driving innovation and lower prices overall

tanel 0mo ago

so yes

wencke 0mo ago

yeah but i would still argue that it’s better compared to Norway where rely so heavily on the government

tanel 0mo ago

i am not saying either is good or bad, just curious :)

wencke 0mo ago

fair enough. no country is perfect so yeah