• Feyd@programming.dev
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    6 days ago

    concentrates political power in an even smaller number of people (those who are paying for everything

    Somehow rich people paying taxes concentrates power? They already have all the power via lobbying and citizen’s united. How the fuck would taxes give them power?

    • FundMECFS@anarchist.nexusOPEnglish
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      6 days ago

      Literally capital is power. The more capital they hoard the more powerful they are. Taxes redistribute capital.

    • MoonManKipper@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 days ago

      The solution to lobbying and citizens united isn’t tax changes - it’s transparency in political funding and the electorate giving a fuck. And, pretty obviously, if most of a governments tax income came from a few hundred individuals they’d have enormous power, even if you did fix the lobbying/citizens united problem- they could just leave and crash your income overnight

      • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
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        6 days ago

        if most of a governments tax income came from a few hundred individuals they’d have enormous power

        But, currently, those people already have enormous power … and we’re not even getting any money out of the deal.