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  • @MajorHavoc
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    61 year ago

    That’s just not how taxes work. It’s also not how they should work.

    I have never, and I daresay will never have to pay a tax on owning and operating a personal private jet.

    I have never paid the rather hefty taxes on cigarettes.

    There are plenty of taxes that target behaviors that have nothing to do with voting. These taxes are necessary because these behaviors cause indirect but real harm to others, and a tax is much more civil throwing rocks.

    • @darkseer
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      01 year ago

      You missed my point. If taxes could be targeted to specific groups or people, politicians would increase taxes on their rivals and on possible revenue streams their rivals use.

      • @unfreeradical
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        1 year ago

        Are you suggesting that a progressive tax illegitimately targets the rich as a particular group of people?

        Are you a troll?

        • @darkseer
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          01 year ago

          No. I’m saying that increasing the taxes for a single bracket can’t be done. If taxes for the top bracket increase the taxes for the lower brackets will increase as well