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Politics : Mainstream Politics and Economics
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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (50380)8/9/2013 8:52:53 AM
From: TimF   of 85487
 
The inequality argument stems from the fact that billionaires pay a smaller 'effective tax rate' than their salaried workers.

Except that they rarely do, and when they do its normally wealthy salaried workers. (Even if they are not nearly as wealthy as the owner.)

The author of that article knows that and yet bases his argument on two workers making the same salary.

Because that demonstrates the principle clearly. Otherwise identical people make different choices, and the choice of thrift is discriminated against by the government.

The principle applies when people are in very different circumstances as well, but the different circumstances confuse the issue, people don't even see the point because they are focused on the different circumstances.
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