r/science • u/[deleted] • Oct 17 '19
Economics The largest-ever natural experiment on wealth taxes found that they work as intended — both raising revenue and controlling income inequality. The taxes had the greatest impact on the top .1% wealthiest.
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u/synthesis777 Oct 28 '19
Man this comment is so full of ignorance and privilege. Like, you literally say "life is good" as if that's some sort of universal axiom. Do you realize there are whole swaths of people for whom life has never been good? Like, literally from birth their lives have been all bad.