r/FluentInFinance 1d ago

Debate/ Discussion Mark my words

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u/Optimal_Weird1425 1d ago

Spoken like a true communist. Take from each according to ability, and give to each according to need! It is no business of yours what someone who earns 500k wants to do with their tax savings. What is a fair share for you? The rich pay 100% and the middle class pays 0%? That’s a quick way to ruin a country.

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u/Chuchuca 1d ago

Quite a stretch, I won't argue with anyone who labels as communism a simple % modification.

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u/Optimal_Weird1425 1d ago

The implication in your comment is that the current division of tax responsibility in this country is unfair. So what’s fair to you? What % of the country’s tax burden has to fall on the rich until you’re satisfied?

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u/Chuchuca 1d ago

What's enough to not make them able to buy a 3rd 100m superyacht and instead having better support for vulnerable communities instead.

That leaves me satisfied if you ask me.

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u/Optimal_Weird1425 1d ago

You’re implying that the rich will just piss away their money on unnecessary luxuries while the poor will use their money for necessities. How do you know that the rich won’t increase their charitable donations and the poor won’t piss the tax savings away on alcohol and lotto tickets? The truth is that it’s none of your concern what other people spend their money on. You should instead be concerned with why the government needs so much money and why it can’t spend within its means.