What is wrong with basing taxes on a person's ability to pay?
Some form of a "net worth" tax could be developed, to shift the burden to those who can most readily afford it, i.e. the rich.
The more you have, the more you pay: simple.
It has always seemed unfair to me that the wealthiest members of our society seem to pay a disproportionately lesser amount of taxes.
Lower and middle class folks really get clobbered with a sales and/or income tax, but the rich seem to have ways to help minimize the sting, e.g. trusts and sharp lawyers / lobbyists / loopholes.
Sure, let the wealthy benefit from their wealth, but as a matter of public policy, they should pay more for The Common Good than they are.
Then again, I suppose that a real property tax could be considered a form "net worth" tax, but I envision a tax based on a person's overal "net worth."
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