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		d3ckard 68 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Miracle of Wörgl You don’t get it. Tax system is already very skewed to the top, as in majority of the income comes from a few. The problem is that the top paying those taxes are not the rich people.

bombcar 68 days ago [–]

Exactly. Income taxes hit those with high income like baseball players and doctors and such.

Super-wealthy can take the time to figure out ways to have no income.

And if you do inheritance taxes and similar things, you get more “universities” and other non-profit “finagling”.

IKEA is an example.

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