trek32@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 3 months agoThe GOP offers more fear and disinformation to divide us and keep people angrylemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1717arrow-down111
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minus-squareaesthelete@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-23 months agoTotally agree. I’m starting to think that taxing the rich is one of the government’s most important functions. I think it might be worth it for them to do so even if they set the collected money on fire afterwards. Otherwise your politics become this: billionaires “interviewing” billionaires.
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agoIt’s literally regulation and that can be a good tool. It’s what a government should ideally do. It can be weaponised of course, in both directions, like we are experiencing now.
Totally agree. I’m starting to think that taxing the rich is one of the government’s most important functions.
I think it might be worth it for them to do so even if they set the collected money on fire afterwards.
Otherwise your politics become this: billionaires “interviewing” billionaires.
It’s literally regulation and that can be a good tool. It’s what a government should ideally do. It can be weaponised of course, in both directions, like we are experiencing now.