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> If you do it by taxing the rich, you wind up hobbling and punishing your most productive citizens.

Won't someone think of the poor billionaires.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2021/09/23/...

The richest families in the world pay 8% income tax. To pick a random rich guy, Bill gates makes $98M/year. You could literally tax him 90% and he'd still be making more per year than most Americans make in their lives.

> Instead, we should foster competition, incentivize innovation, and let markets do their thing

Tell me Atlas Shrugged is your favorite book without telling me Atlas Shrugged is your favorite book.



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