|
|
 Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla
Post more, please.
I was going to make the point that: doesn't that mean it's ok to tax the rich if they all see their wealth as too much but I ran my self through to the conclusion that: if they decide that, let them decide how to spend it, not the people. I can only wonder about the people who become billionaires and do not seek charitable endeavors.
The whole charity idea and how some very wealthy people have given away fortunes is rather skewy. It sounds good on the surface, but doesn't work systemically, and if it either did work or was even possible to work, results would almost definitely be different today.
Charity as anything other than a small segment of economic activity is unsustainable and has a much lower multiplier than other known factors like progressive taxation. The numbers also appear much bigger than they really are since most wealth is not as "disposable" as people may think. But really the lack of sustainability is an enormous negative with replacing strong policy with charity
|
Reply With Quote