[supafamous]

Originally Posted by PeanutButter

@supafamous

Ok, those are fair points. I would say i'm better off than the average person, but I have my life in order (at least I think I do). I can afford to pay more taxes.

But, what about all the other average people who aren't as "savvy" financially as myself?

I can agree to taxing us more, let's say on the income tax, but not this 1% housing surtax though.

A slightly wacky thing with high tax rate countries and low income people - in these countries the rates are high enough that they pretty much have to tax low income people but it actually works out just fine b/c the services that low income people get in exchange for paying taxes more than make up for the taxes. This is actually really logical - taxes create more equality - but kinda hard to wrap our heads around cause taxing the poor seems means.

Taxing everyone (and everything) also seems to create a greater sense of unity - everyone's pitching is so therefore we're going to work together. I'm not that certain that it's true but there's some evidence that it works. Contrast that with the US where the rates are relatively low and you have people being pitted against each other.