concentrates political power in an even smaller number of people (those who are paying for everything
Somehow rich people paying taxes concentrates power? They already have all the power via lobbying and citizen’s united. How the fuck would taxes give them power?
The solution to lobbying and citizens united isn’t tax changes - it’s transparency in political funding and the electorate giving a fuck. And, pretty obviously, if most of a governments tax income came from a few hundred individuals they’d have enormous power, even if you did fix the lobbying/citizens united problem- they could just leave and crash your income overnight
Yes… The solution to lobbying and citizen’s united is to get rid of them… I was merely saying that was the locus of their power and that taking their money via civic means doesn’t somehow give them power. Also, the flight of wealthy people narrative never pans out when tested.
Somehow rich people paying taxes concentrates power? They already have all the power via lobbying and citizen’s united. How the fuck would taxes give them power?
Literally capital is power. The more capital they hoard the more powerful they are. Taxes redistribute capital.
The solution to lobbying and citizens united isn’t tax changes - it’s transparency in political funding and the electorate giving a fuck. And, pretty obviously, if most of a governments tax income came from a few hundred individuals they’d have enormous power, even if you did fix the lobbying/citizens united problem- they could just leave and crash your income overnight
But, currently, those people already have enormous power … and we’re not even getting any money out of the deal.
Yes… The solution to lobbying and citizen’s united is to get rid of them… I was merely saying that was the locus of their power and that taking their money via civic means doesn’t somehow give them power. Also, the flight of wealthy people narrative never pans out when tested.