20 Nov 2022 4:21 am
Because RNC tools like FOXAGANDA call it "raising taxes," instead of what it really is, "SHIFTING TAXES BACK UP AND OFF THE BACKS OF THE WORKING MIDDLE CLASS AND BARELY RICH SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS!Cannonpointer » 16 Nov 2022, 8:42 pm » wrote: ↑ In this abortion - or as you call it, "thread," - you have defended a tax which DEMONSTRABLY fails to achieve the equity which you claim is your goal.
At the same time, you have disparaged and rejected a tax scheme which would directly affect ONLY the property owning class - the indirect effects of which you have not even ARGUED are disproportionate against the poor.
The scheme you favor necessitates busy work that is unproductive - a drain on society. Likewise, the scheme you favor has had a hundred years to be employed in the manner you believe it can work, and in that century-plus, it has produced the desired effect only extremely briefly under FDR.
There is no shame in getting it wrong; There is no dignity in lacking reverse gear.
And you have yet to explain how your land tax wouldn't be another burden on struggling family farms & ranches, that would also cause more inflation on food, Pud!