Rich fucks tell you they want to be subjected to a wealth tax in your face, so you’re not too tempted to reach for the pitchfork, and lobby for tax exemptions for their rich asses behind your back.
If rich people would like to preemptively pay more money in to society to stop societal collapse and their own eventual defenestration… I’ll take it. There will always be imbalances of power, which we need to effectively regulate and not leave the most powerful to regulate for themselves.
If rich people want to use their money to make the world a better place, they can! When they say “I’d pay taxes if you made me” they really mean “fuck you”
Donations are not a good substitute for taxes at all. A social expectation of billionaires donating only ensures that the people who remain billionaires are the biggest assholes around to an even greater extent than they already are.
Sure, it shouldn’t be their choice by any means, but if they’re going to actually step aside and let actual tax policy take effect rather than lobbying tooth and nail to stop it. Good.
If they’re just paying lip service, as so often they do… well we’re back to the eventual defenestration.
This. It’s all performative. They know that they have the politicians in their pockets and there’s no chance of new taxes targeting the wealthy. They will lower taxes on the wealthy just like they have continued to do for the past 50 years.
Rich fucks tell you they want to be subjected to a wealth tax in your face, so you’re not too tempted to reach for the pitchfork, and lobby for tax exemptions for their rich asses behind your back.
If rich people would like to preemptively pay more money in to society to stop societal collapse and their own eventual defenestration… I’ll take it. There will always be imbalances of power, which we need to effectively regulate and not leave the most powerful to regulate for themselves.
If rich people want to use their money to make the world a better place, they can! When they say “I’d pay taxes if you made me” they really mean “fuck you”
Donations are not a good substitute for taxes at all. A social expectation of billionaires donating only ensures that the people who remain billionaires are the biggest assholes around to an even greater extent than they already are.
Sure, it shouldn’t be their choice by any means, but if they’re going to actually step aside and let actual tax policy take effect rather than lobbying tooth and nail to stop it. Good.
If they’re just paying lip service, as so often they do… well we’re back to the eventual defenestration.
Nah, they leave the lobbying to their employees or front organisations.
This. It’s all performative. They know that they have the politicians in their pockets and there’s no chance of new taxes targeting the wealthy. They will lower taxes on the wealthy just like they have continued to do for the past 50 years.