taxation

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

And that right there is Wealth Envy...

How is that wealth envy? You don't see the hypocrisy in the characterisation of the amount of money that could be got from taxing the rich as neglible and therefore not worth pursuing as it wouldn;t make a difference, whilst the same or smaller amount of money that could be saved by cutting off the services and benefits of the lower incomes is characterised as a worthwhile figure which must be pursued, because it would make a real difference?

Setting aside the rights and wrongs of taxation -v- spending cuts, it's the characterisation of the amount as too low to bother with, or too great to not bother with that I'm talking about.

There are much better arguments against taxing the rich than that it wouldn't be enough to make a difference.