What a bunch of stupid assholes. You need to fight to tax the rich, not abandon the concept.
this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2026
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This looks like one of those "well, duh" scientific studies that feels obvious but hasn't necessarily been done before.
Kin to "heterosexual men are aroused by lesbian porn" or "support for banning trans girls from sports decreases among those who actually know any."
Basic fairness says if the rich aren't paying their fair share, we should either raise their taxes or lower everyone else's. (Which could lead to hyperinflation for all most of us care, except that the rich are better suited to fleeing inflation.)
It's not obvious to me, I can't relate at all to people who would see the rich dodging taxes and think "there should be no taxes".
More than a few are temporarily embarrassed millionaires, some are unable to comprehend how tax brackets work, and some genuinely believe that the rich would flee if taxed to the same level as say the £100k to £150k bracket, and that this would be "a bad thing".
Isn’t that assuming you’ve already won and skipping straight to the end? Politics and policy are not simply a matter of deciding to do something. You actually need to have the power to do it. The rich have a lot of power, that’s why they pay so little taxes.
The working class have power, but a third of them vote for the rich and a third of them don't vote at all. The way forward is informing people on policy, winning over hearts and minds.
Ngl, I am pretty strongly opposed to my tax dollars funding these fascist assholes. I'm not OK with my money funding an unelected pedo.
The unelected pedo also opposes income tax. The solution is not to abolish income tax but to remove him and elect people who want to tax the Rich.
once there was a study that stated, gingers are more sensitive to the sun. no sheesh sherlock
I'll be honest, what the goberment takes from my paycheck would turn my job from a barely have money left to save to a "I can live comfortably and build up a fund"