re: Pretty disheartening poll: wide majority of even most republicans support wealth taxes

It’s popular because of course people would love to get some stuff owned by others

But wealth taxes have an absolutely horrid track record

Of 15 European nations that tried them, 12 eventually repealed them because they raised zero revenue and ended up harming the economy.

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No but maybe you should actually look into why it's so popular instead of generalizing people as jealous

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Taking someone's wealth that has already been taxed is disgusting. My logic is clean.

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No but maybe you should actually look into why it's so popular instead of generalizing people as jealous

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Well it’s either jealousy or idiocy. Because you could take every penny from the wealthy in this country and not even come close to bankrolling this country for even 1 year. It’s a stupid idea.