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secabeen 13 hours ago

One-time taxes are dumb. The organizers of this tax should have the confidence of their arguments to make them permanent, or they shouldn't do it at all.

vintermann 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I guess that by the time a tax had been applied once, the targets would have worked out a way to avoid it anyway.

Apparently, in old Athens, not only were taxes one off, but they were explicitly targeted too, like "It's about time the Alcmaeonids pay for a festival again."

nielsbot 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

i’ll take it. then we can move on to the permanent tax.

bl4kers 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There's so much FUD as is I think pushing for a permanent version wouldn't be a good starting point. It's not about confidence, it's pragmatic

casey2 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

So we should stop the one-time tax paid low interest loans to companies too? Or should billionaires pay their fair share.