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California's Billionaire Tax Has the Signatures to Make the Ballot(sfstandard.com)
21 points by m463 14 hours ago | 7 comments
r14c 11 hours ago | parent [-]

Really paying taxes is fine, we have representation issues to fix, but we all gotta pay our fair share.

imo the problem is the special treatment of rich people and the way it encourages middle income people to act like temporarily embarrassed oligarchs instead of citizens of a republic.

dmitrygr 10 hours ago | parent [-]

> special treatment of rich people

which?

r14c 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Tax loopholes which result in a lower effective tax rate. Lesser accountability for crimes. Ability to break any law which is penalized only with fines.

Do you really not know what rich people can get away with in the US?

dmitrygr 9 hours ago | parent [-]

I see special treatment of many non-rich people too, so I do not see the issue to be with the rich.

r14c 6 hours ago | parent [-]

It's not about the special treatment, its about being equal under the law.

dmitrygr 6 hours ago | parent [-]

I agree 100%, we all should be, but in today's America, the most "specially treated" are not rich, so if you are to hate people for being special under law, it is not the rich you should be hating first.

phs318u 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Well, if “specially treated” also includes “especially poorly treated”, then sure, there’s plenty of non-rich being “specially treated”. Take your pick from the non-rich subsets of immigrants, trans, kinda-Mexican-looking, pregnant-and-crossing-state-lines...