Comment on The rich convinced us that taxing them is too complicated but everyday people can be taxed pretty easily

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MasterBlaster@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

That’s why we have the taxes we have. As you point out, business works with the help of society. However, taxing it as property is a completely messed up approach and will lead to there being little incente to to invest. That’s why we tax profit, not mere existance, as we do for property.

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