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minus-square24_at_the_withers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down18·30 days agoBut 90% tax means that $10MM becomes $1MM.
minus-squareBassman1805@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·30 days agoProgressive tax brackets. This hypothetical tax is only on money earned over 10M/1M.
minus-squareandyburke@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·30 days agoI was being as gracious as I could be to illustrate we could fix this if the wealthy in this country were not being SUCH FUCKERS.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·30 days agoYou appear to have missed the word “after.”
minus-squareSupahRevs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·29 days agoNot in our current tax bracket world.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·29 days agoWhy does anyone need more than $10 million?
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·29 days agoWhy does anyone need over $9 million?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·29 days agoThey don’t. But at some point, you throw the rich people a bone and tell them they can be rich, just not obscenely rich. I think $10 million is a good cap.
But 90% tax means that $10MM becomes $1MM.
Progressive tax brackets. This hypothetical tax is only on money earned over 10M/1M.
I was being as gracious as I could be to illustrate we could fix this if the wealthy in this country were not being SUCH FUCKERS.
You appear to have missed the word “after.”
Not in our current tax bracket world.
Why does anyone need more than $10 million?
Why does anyone need over $9 million?
They don’t. But at some point, you throw the rich people a bone and tell them they can be rich, just not obscenely rich. I think $10 million is a good cap.