Absolutely not! I'm advocating for progressive tax rates and for taxing all income equally, regardless of source.
Maybe you can explain why rich people deserve to pay less tax? Is it because they're somehow more responsible with the money? Lol
We turning into a nation of an 'as long as I get mine, you can fuck off' mindset. There is no future in that.
When we all feel like we contribute fairly to a country that's looking out for all of us, there is nothing we can't do, including putting men on the moon.
None of your arguments are new. You are alerting us of the obvious. It has always been this way.
IIRC I was taxed 45% of my income in the late 80’s and so was anyone over 50k of income at the time. But I wasn’t a homeowner then. I only had reasonable business expenses as a salesman to write off. So not much.
Plenty of criminal accountants wanted me to lie and pay them instead to save me money.
Rich businessmen had much more to write off and pay less. Just like now.
Sure the problem lies where you think it does?
People are not being held down by the rich like you say. They hold themselves down. They won’t just all become goal oriented winners because the tax rates are even.
And the poor pay little taxes. And make little money. How does this help the low to no tax paying poor people?
Your views are narrow and immature.
Are private employers going to all of the sudden pay higher salaries in failing markets?
We’re you sleeping before the recent election?
Why do you hate rich people? Some of them worked hard and are very successful.
You want a re distribution of wealth but not work for yours.