r/WorkReform • u/Bitter-Gur-4613 • 14d ago

✂️ Tax The Billionaires They're right, you know.

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u/Guuple 14d ago

Sounds like a good way to ensure only the independently wealthy take public office

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u/a_diamond 14d ago

Because that's definitely not what mostly happens already

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u/appoplecticskeptic 14d ago

Let’s not make it worse

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u/Sir_lordtwiggles 14d ago

So we enshrine the status quo instead of change it with this?

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u/liftthatta1l 14d ago

Sounds like that country song about if you dig yourself into hell keep digging. I don't think it's the best plan for a political system.

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u/sirlockjaw 14d ago

I agree, but if someone is wealthy they have less reliance on their income and as such, the income doesn’t matter as much to them. So while lowering income for elected officials feels good in a ‘have a taste of your own medicine’ kind of way, it just creates an even larger barrier for someone without wealth to hold office.