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Originally posted by Dostoevsky
Getting into the top 1% of earners isn't guaranteed to anyone who has a good idea or works hard. But the opportunity is still there. Our society would be better off if we had more people like Andrew Carnegie and John Rockefeller who revolutionized industries, created jobs, increased our standard of living, and became filthy rich through hard work and vision.
Now we have people with political views like yours who feel like they can't succeed and that society is so unfair, etc, etc. If you have a great idea or some unique skill than you deserve to become rich. Otherwise, you don't. But in this country you can still work hard and live well.
Step into the light...
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If I were to oversimplify your opinion in the way you did to Zeld2.0, it would sound something like this: "People who are rich are inherently better than people who aren't. The fact that they have money entitles them to all the best things in life, and people who don't have money are either lazy or stupid and I say fuck them."
Ludicrous, no?
If we didn't use a progressive tax we wouldn't be able to afford to run the country. That seems a pretty strong argument to me.