Against a wealth tax political
Tax itself is the problem
Taxation in general is harmful, so the state should tax neither wealth nor income; the right level of tax is as close to zero as possible.
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The counters
Raises real revenue A tax on the largest fortunes can fund public services without raising taxes on low- and middle-income households. Strengthens social cohesion Narrowing extreme wealth gaps reduces resentment and the sense of unfairness that strains social and democratic stability. Taxes wealth like work The system taxes income from labour heavily while wealth and unrealised gains grow lightly taxed; a wealth tax corrects the imbalance.Copy-paste rebuttal Drop a sourced reply where this argument shows up
Reddit / long form
You're making the "Tax itself is the problem" argument against a wealth tax. Tax is what funds the courts, roads, schools and security that make wealth possible in the first place — a tax on the largest fortunes raises real revenue without touching low- and middle-income households. Narrowing extreme wealth gaps also strengthens social cohesion, reducing the resentment and instability that threaten the very order markets depend on. And the current system already taxes income from labour heavily while barely touching wealth — a wealth tax makes it fairer, not more harmful. Learn more: https://wealthtax.now/arguments/taxation-is-harmful/
X / Bluesky / short form
You're making the "Tax itself is the problem" argument against a wealth tax. Tax funds the courts, roads and security that make wealth possible — and the current system hammers wages while barely touching wealth. A wealth tax makes it fairer. https://wealthtax.now/arguments/taxation-is-harmful/
Where it's been said
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Jeff Bezos: The bottom half workers pay 3% of all taxes – it should be zeroThe bottom half of workers pay 3% of all taxes — it should be zero.
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Can't we just print more money?“People have confused money for real resources. And I think I think we live in an age where like money is kind of the new religion. And people confuse money for ”
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How the rich make taxes unpopularRaised as a counter-argument to rebut. “whatever you do don't tax Rich because it's bad for you”
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Telling the Rich To PAY Tax - Part 2 with Stephanie BrobbeyRaised as a counter-argument to rebut. “the other narrative is that tax is essentially synonymous with waste so tax is essentially waste”