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Originally Posted by Rochard
It's pretty simple really. If we raise the janitor's taxes by 2% he might not be able to put gas in his car next week. If we raise Minte's taxes by 2% he will still be able to afford gas for his Lambo.
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Your argument seems valid in theory, but on the other hand if Minte's taxes are raised by 2%, he will be out of 200k (assuming he makes 10M)...
it's not like he hides that $$ in a hole in his backyard...
so now it's likely he will no longer be able to afford a full time cook, a maid and a gardener.
so 3 people will lose a job... government will get an extra $200k, but so what? they will piss that $$ away by dropping an extra bomb or 2 somewhere in the middle east anyway...