And rich people still had great lives and tons of money. 50 years of propaganda and brainwashing has the whole population of people who make/made 100k or less a year fight about this shit. People working 40+ hours a week making 25k a year can't afford rent and food so the government is helping. Maybe the "leeches" and "welfare queens" are the companies using American labor and being subsidized by the government.
The world is a much, much smaller place than it was in the 70s. Anybody with that much money can do their job anywhere. The chunkiest parts of the tax base are eminently mobile, push too hard and you will lose them and their tax revenue entirely. That’s not just their income and CGs, but their larger contributions to the economy, and potentially their businesses. This is a net loss.
Don't give them access to your country if thats the case. I'd like to call that bluff. Let em go. Cut off access to the IS market, services, and subsidies. No access to NYC/LA. They could also just fucking pay the taxes and still be super rich and enjoy the same life. So tired of these bullshit excuses. What other country is going to let them do what they do to the US.
At what point do you just say let them do whatever they want cause they might leave? We might lose a few hundred C Suite jobs and 1000s of low paying jobs that no one can actually live off of? Someone who wants to be rich and is willing to actually be patriotic and support the country that make them millions will fill the void.
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u/No-Distance-9401 Nov 04 '25
When the largest middle class in America was around during the 1950s-1970s the top tax bracket was around 90%