California's Billionaire Tax Has the Signatures to Make the Ballot(sfstandard.com)
21 pointsby m4639 hours ago1 comment
  • r14c7 hours ago
    Really paying taxes is fine, we have representation issues to fix, but we all gotta pay our fair share.

    imo the problem is the special treatment of rich people and the way it encourages middle income people to act like temporarily embarrassed oligarchs instead of citizens of a republic.

    • dmitrygr6 hours ago
      > special treatment of rich people

      which?

      • r14c5 hours ago
        Tax loopholes which result in a lower effective tax rate. Lesser accountability for crimes. Ability to break any law which is penalized only with fines.

        Do you really not know what rich people can get away with in the US?

        • dmitrygr5 hours ago
          I see special treatment of many non-rich people too, so I do not see the issue to be with the rich.
          • r14c2 hours ago
            It's not about the special treatment, its about being equal under the law.
            • dmitrygran hour ago
              I agree 100%, we all should be, but in today's America, the most "specially treated" are not rich, so if you are to hate people for being special under law, it is not the rich you should be hating first.
              • phs318u20 minutes ago
                Well, if “specially treated” also includes “especially poorly treated”, then sure, there’s plenty of non-rich being “specially treated”. Take your pick from the non-rich subsets of immigrants, trans, kinda-Mexican-looking, pregnant-and-crossing-state-lines...