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> e.g. via taxes ... There is no need for the yuppie and the coffee.

The taxes are also paid for by the yuppies at a disproportionate rate to their income share.

See: share of income taxes as broken out by income segment, in most every developed nation.

One of the central defining characteristics of a yuppie is a well-paying job. That means paying higher, progressive tax rates in most affluent nations, including Australia.

https://www.ato.gov.au/rates/individual-income-tax-rates/

See: what happens to California if you remove the tech yuppies pulling down $200,000 - $500,000, as well as their party buckets of equity compensation, the taxes of which the state rolls around in during the good times. California would become a formal second world disaster with no ability to fund anything. Illinois with nicer weather.




I meant no need for yuppies to pay for coffee delivered by done in order to accomplish the goal of researching how to deliver medicines in hard to reach places. They may coincidentally have to do with each other (emphasis on “may”), but not causally.




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