I'm no fan of billionaires but the government already wastes what it collects — handing DC more money without fixing how it gets spent isn't going to help a single working family.
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Should billionaires pay a higher tax rate than middle-class workers?
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You raise rates on the ultra-wealthy and they just hire better accountants, move money offshore, or restructure everything — the middle class ends up holding the bag as usual.
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Honestly the whole framing bugs me, because billionaires mostly hold wealth in stock, not income, so taxing 'rates' higher doesn't even capture what people are actually mad about — it's a fake solution to a real problem.
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My uncle built a small business from nothing and got penalized harder every time he succeeded — punishing people for doing well isn't justice, it's just dressed-up envy.
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The top 1% already pays more in federal income tax than the bottom 90% combined — at what point does 'fair share' actually mean something, or is it just a moving goalpost forever?
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Historically, the U.S. had top marginal rates above 90% in the 1950s and the economy boomed, so the idea that taxing billionaires more will somehow collapse society is just not supported by the data.
My parents sacrificed everything working factory jobs their whole lives and paid their taxes dutifully — it genuinely breaks my heart that someone worth $10 billion can structure their wealth to pay a lower rate than my mom did.
These guys literally can't spend their money fast enough, so the marginal utility argument is dead simple: tax the billionaires more, fund schools and infrastructure, everyone wins except the guy who has to settle for a third yacht.
A dollar means something completely different to someone making $50k versus someone sitting on $50 billion, so taxing them at the same rate isn't "fair" — it's actually deeply skewed in favor of the rich.
When I was working two jobs just to cover rent, my effective tax rate was higher than what some hedge fund managers pay thanks to capital gains loopholes — that's not a tax system, that's a joke.