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mkt853 t1_jck7x4x wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Report: Taxing the rich won't make them leave CT by ctkyle

The people that benefit most from society and "the system" get to pay more in taxes for that privilege. That's just how it works in a progressive tax system. Most of the state's revenue comes from income and sales/use tax. In the 2021-22 fiscal year, the state took in $12B in income tax and $6B in sales tax which combined made up 72% of all revenue. Is it poor people or rich people that pay the bulk of that $6B in sales tax that accounts for nearly one quarter of the state's revenue? If anyone cares you can read all about it here: https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DRS/Research/annualreport/DRS-FY22-Annual-Report.pdf

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[deleted] t1_jckc3nx wrote

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mkt853 t1_jckf3xz wrote

The original argument was that poor people don't pay taxes. I am refuting that because it is simply not true. That's all that is happening here. OP wanted to peddle their right wing propaganda, and I am calling them out on it. The entire argument is literally what gets put out daily by conservative "think tanks" and "study committees" funded by the top 0.01%, and Americans, bless their hearts, happily eat it up.

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mkt853 t1_jckktrp wrote

You don't argue the point on the basis of income tax exclusively unless you have an agenda to push. Maybe you aren't in the loop, but it's almost word for word what gets pumped out daily by every Koch funded group. You see the same s*it here, on Facebook, in the media, so yeah, by that definition it doesn't seem "radical" because "everyone is saying it." The script almost writes itself: "I was recently in Ohio, and a big man, strong man, worked on the railroad his whole life and you could see it you know what I mean, came up to me, tears in his eyes, and said Mr. Trump I've lost everything and I don't have much, but please take more of my money so that income taxes are more fair because it's just so sad what we're doing to the rich people in this country treating them like dogs."

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