sanitation@lemmy.today to politics @lemmy.world · 2 days agoRaising taxes on the superrich is popular with voters. So why is it so hard to get done?thehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1318arrow-down12
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minus-squareNM_Gringo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 days agoSo what if the rich leave? They’re not paying taxes, who needs them? The need for vendors and contractors doesn’t go away when the wealthy leave. The economy goes on. Someone will take their place and pay taxes and not bitch about it so much.
minus-squarebaronvonj@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 days agothe fear isn’t that a rich person leaves. the fear is that a large employer moves and takes all those jobs with it.
So what if the rich leave? They’re not paying taxes, who needs them? The need for vendors and contractors doesn’t go away when the wealthy leave. The economy goes on. Someone will take their place and pay taxes and not bitch about it so much.
the fear isn’t that a rich person leaves. the fear is that a large employer moves and takes all those jobs with it.