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@DocAwe posted that the rich pay over half the taxes in the US. I looked it up and posted/summarized a cite to show that the amount paid is far higher than that. The point was, and has continued to be, not that this situation is unexpected (nobody here thinks that the poor are going to be taxpayers in any meaningful sense) but that the rich are already paying quite a bit and to expect them to pay substantially more isn't going to work as they'll just pull up stakes and move. What you find "retarded" in this is beyond me - must be a eurofag thing.Why do many Americans on this website play this retarded game
Incorrect. People (or, more properly, their incomes) are taxed all over the world. Income is not wealth. Wealth is hardly taxed in the US at all at the federal level; for example, no estate tax in 2025 for assets of US$13.99 million and below. A handful of states do tax inheritances, but close relatives are exempt. Whether wealth should be taxed, either during one's lifetime or upon one's passing, is an interesting discussion but one without any easy answers.People are not taxed, you do not tax a person, you tax wealth.
edit: Property taxes might be considered taxation on a specific form of wealth, but it's a bit of a stretch.
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