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jsburbidge ([personal profile] jsburbidge) wrote2021-09-13 08:12 pm

A Thane's Taxes...

Ripped from the headlines tonight: the Biden tax proposals include a 3% surtax on anyone earning more than 5 million (USD) per year.

There is an argument, if not for Commonweal levels of, um, levies, then at least for the pre-Thatcher UK where the top brackets were in the 99% category...

[personal profile] ndrosen 2021-09-15 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
There is an argument that such high income tax rates will raise very little revenue; of course, some people will support them out of envy.