Mason  🏃‍♂️ ✂️

I see. So if guy who makes 10 times what you make pays 10 times as much tax under a flat rate, even though he doesn't receive 10 times as much benefit from government, you consider this unfair. Okay, then ...

Check out the 10 times as much versus a comparison of the actual percentages of tax rate. Yep. Until you reveal your catch all tax plan, if you make more you should pay more (percentage wise). A flat tax is regressive--something tells me you know that.

There are legitimate disagreements and discussions to be had about what the government should be in the business of doing and how best to spread the tax burden to pay for it But it's a very bad sign when we're considering taxation **with the intent to reduce citizens' wealth**

Taxation reduces everyone's wealth. Only lately the system is rigged against the middle class now.

I'm talking about absolute wealth — a year-over-year reduction in net worth — and I'm talking about treating this as a goal of taxation.

Thank you for the clarification. I'm glad you did. I don't know how I feel about that other than you'd better hope you're pulled out of the right private parts (pick rich parents). The solidification of wealth (creating an untouchable class) at the top is a problem. Thoughts?

Suffice it to say that there is very likely no inheritance of any kind coming my way. I favor a progressive system of taxation **because** I think it's the best way to meet the simultaneous goals of funding government *and* allowing wealth to grow across the board.

I think it's profoundly irresponsible and frighteningly authoritarian to use taxation as a means of setting a soft cap on the total net worth of citizens. It's very hard to argue that taxation isn't about confiscation when you're explicitly attempting to reduce someone's assets.