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minus-squareJojo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 年前A progressive tax that means the biggest users pay the most would probably be ideal (but then that’s mostly true in every situation)
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 年前Why is it not that way already?
minus-squareJojo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 年前Because it would affect rich folks more, so they spend some money now to convince lawmakers not to charge them more later.
minus-squareCosmicomical@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 年前So it’s not so easy to implement after all
A progressive tax that means the biggest users pay the most would probably be ideal (but then that’s mostly true in every situation)
Why is it not that way already?
Because it would affect rich folks more, so they spend some money now to convince lawmakers not to charge them more later.
So it’s not so easy to implement after all
Did I say easy? I think I said ideal.