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minus-squarewombatula@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·9 months ago literally no downside except for needing to tax the rich So literally no downside at all then?
minus-squarepomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 months agoCan’t eat them and tax them at the same time 😞
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months agoThere are downsides. Some people require more income to stay alive than others. Think of people with decreased mental or physical capabilities. Those would loose a big chunk, which need to be subsidised somehow. But the upsides outweigh the downsides.
minus-squarewombatula@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoNot necessarily, that depends on how it shakes down.
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoIt’s a political downside, because anything involving taxes will turn some people against it.
So literally no downside at all then?
Can’t eat them and tax them at the same time 😞
There are downsides.
Some people require more income to stay alive than others. Think of people with decreased mental or physical capabilities.
Those would loose a big chunk, which need to be subsidised somehow.
But the upsides outweigh the downsides.
Not necessarily, that depends on how it shakes down.
It’s a political downside, because anything involving taxes will turn some people against it.