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Originally Posted by Jinn
No your use of quotes just helps inform me of your view of the problem; your focus is first on saving the "rich" from those poor, burdensome taxes.
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If you have an opportunity to earn an extra $100 from work, how much effort will you put into earning the extra $100 if it will be taxed at a rate of 100% - before you collect it? One week after you collect it? One year after you collect it? After you die?
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At this point, I am going to assume no one is going to answer the questions because of the appearance of an obvious setup.
What would have been an intriguing answer is if someone said - I would put in the same amount of effort because even if the effort gives no benefit directly to me, there is a benefit to society or to others.
Unfortunately, no one actually thinks that way, not even socialists, communists, etc., their real interest is to derive benefits personally or to society through the effort of others. And that is why these systems ultimately will always fail and the system will gravitate towards allowing individuals to directly benefit from their efforts and motivations to get "rich".