JBeukema
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- #161
If you tax the rich because the poor "need" it more, then, logically, you must ensure that the poor spends it on their needs. Else, you will never "eliminate poverty."
None of that is the rationale for progressive taxation.
Taxing those who rely upon far more government services and have far more disposable income as a result is the justification for progressive taxes. Not eliminating poverty. Nobody thinks like that.
Aren't those more reliant on government services generally those with less disposable income? isn't that why they're more reliant on government services- because they can't afford their own roads and water treatment plants alone?