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barbazoo04/03/20251 replyview on HN

> And so taxing the rich more doesnt actually solve that problem — it just makes politicians and their friends richer

How are those things related? Are poor people bribing politicians to increase taxes?


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Domenic_S04/03/2025

The argument is that increasing government revenue doesn't automatically mean We the People benefit; it usually means more pork and other ways of funneling money to benefit the people with the power to funnel it.

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