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Let me just say "you're five months late". I'm not sure what article you read or watched, but I'm fairly sure it's outdated. Not the best strategy if you want to convince anyone.
Oh, boy...You probably don't intend to, but you manage to summarize all misinformation regarding taxes in this part of the post.
Here's the thing: before you want to tell others about your opinion, you should know what your opinion is based on. You basically assume a flat tax rate, but the US, like most countries in the world, use a form of progressive brackets (
here's a world map). Sure, it's often averaged out to make countries more easily comparable, but it's not the same.
@osaka35 told you this, but his fake news is really REAL news. If you want flat tax, you better move to Greenland or Khazakstan.
Notice anything in those listed countries? None of them has an economy that's even remotely up to par with the US. They don't attract millionaires or billionaires either (at best as headquarters, but that's a different situation).
I see your arguments, and know exactly where they're coming from: news outlets. Just about every news channel in the US pushes the agenda that taxing the rich doesn't work, based on emotional arguments ("discrimination!!!" "socialism!!!" "communism!!!") or shady economic theories ("trickle down economics", "unhindered free market is awesome"), while ignoring evidence. Why? Because the news channels, no matter what political spectrum, are owned by billionaires. Why the fuck would they allow their news anchors to say things against their own selfish interest? You think they'll let renowned economics come to explain just why redistribution of the wealth is a good idea? You think they'll tell people that most other countries in the world have far better social structures, in large part because their high end tax tiers are much higher? You think they'll remind people that the rich have always payed the most taxes and NEVER ONCE did it stop anyone? Fuck...US tax rates were far more progressive before Reagan became president (and not just in the US, to be honest). Ever since, they got tax cut after tax cut. The aforementioned renowned economists have always linked this (or rather: the growing inequality between the poor and rich, which is roughly the same thing) to the worsening state of the economy.
...and now you come to the aid of billionaires with...what? Discrimination? Fucking
Discrimination?
Gimme a fucking break! When was the last time a rich person got forced to the ground to suffocate by the police for being rich? When was the last time a rich person got shot on sight because he was acting "suspicious"?
I mean...okay. Perhaps your personal motivation to get rich gets lowered. Could be. But most people would gladly have to deal with the "problem" of having their eleventh million dollar being taxed (much) more than their previous ten million ("NOOOOOOO!!!!!!
") than having to deal with the daily absense of money poor people handle on a daily basis.