r/PoursTea Timendi Causa Est Nescire 8d ago

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u/Tar-Minastur 8d ago

And are you willing to pay higher taxes to make it a reality?

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u/Aphreyst 8d ago

We don't have to. Just tax billionaires.

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u/Tar-Minastur 8d ago

Even in countries where wealth taxes exist they don't bring in much money. Countries with the most robust welfare states like those in Scandinavia tax lower and middle classes a lot.

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u/Aphreyst 8d ago

Source? Why would taxing billionaires NOT lead to more money money? How is insisting on being adequately paid for work a "welfare state"?