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Originally Posted by mcgeedo
One of the most interesting comments to my original post is that a tax increase of "just a few percentage points" on the more productive members of our society isn't Socialism. So, is there a magic number? Is a 5.9 percent increase just "helping those in need," while 6 percent is rampant wealth redistribution? Isn't there a principle involved, rather than a threshold?
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There is not a number. Increasing a tax rate in a democratic republic run largely by regulated capitalism has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with socialism. It's simple red-baiting.
And sorry, I refuse to participate further in a thread which so reeks of arrogance. Learning, "even if from liberals" and "teach us the error of our ways", indeed.