Simple. They thought we needed to tax the rich more so more money could go to poor people.
I have been the constant advocate of an income tax along constitutional lines… I reiterate that through it only…will it ever be possible for the Government to be able to make idle wealth pay its just share of the ever-increasing burdens of taxation.
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Tax the rich, they say. Always. Yet, look at who pays the biggest portion of taxes, proportionally.
Proportions, to me, make sense because people who are bigger participants in the economy use more government services, without even any capture shenanigans.
Simple. They thought we needed to tax the rich more so more money could go to poor people.
Tax the rich, they say. Always. Yet, look at who pays the biggest portion of taxes, proportionally.
Proportions, to me, make sense because people who are bigger participants in the economy use more government services, without even any capture shenanigans.
If we change the Constitution, we can make all sorts of crazy taxes!