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terminalshortyesterday at 10:00 PM4 repliesview on HN

Taxes exist to fund the government which exists to solve collective action problems. I despise your attitude that taxes are a tool to punish people you don't like. I find it to be morally repugnant and I will always side with the billionaires defending themselves against people like you no matter often you repeat the word "bootlicker."


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shimmanyesterday at 11:25 PM

Nah billionaires need to be punished, they have raped the Earth for profit and caused mass misery/death upon her people. In fact a good way for the US to rebuild credibility is to probably send a few billionaires to the Hague and have them tried for crimes against humanity in the ICJ.

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roughlyyesterday at 10:10 PM

Wait, are you suggesting we _shouldn't_ treat billionaires as a collective action problem to be dealt with via policy? So you're suggesting what, individual violence?

JKCalhounyesterday at 10:23 PM

> Taxes exist to fund the government which exists to solve collective action problems.

Wealth inequality, billionaires trying to skew politics… kind of a problem that needs collective action.

anthem2025yesterday at 10:13 PM

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