alt Hacker News> How about the rich say that 50% of the economy should pay their fair share?
How exactly do you propose that they pay their fair share when they literally do not have the money or assets to do so? Are you proposing modern day slavery? Perhaps people selling their family? I'm curious what happens if you take this line of thought to it's actual conclusion.
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The solution is obvious and simple: Tax wealth not work.
Well, it depends. One possible answer is that we should make sure that everyone is wealthy enough to pay taxes by redistributing the wealth. ~
If they are only taxed at an effective rate of 3%, there is something being taxed.
I don't think people should be able to vote on massive tax increase laws, if it doesn't also increase their own taxes in some way.
How about instead of taxes, we have a $10,000 per year subscription fee to live in society.
Maybe different depending on area, like $20,000 a year to live in NYC but only $2,000 per year to live in a rural village.
If you can't afford the fee that's OK, it just means you have to live outside of the developed areas and don't benefit from any services provided by the government. But you are free to set up a tent in the woods and live off the land.