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One-time taxes are dumb. The organizers of this tax should have the confidence of their arguments to make them permanent, or they shouldn't do it at all.
by secabeen 5mo ago
One-time taxes are dumb. The organizers of this tax should have the confidence of their arguments to make them permanent, or they shouldn't do it at all.
- casey2 5mo agoSo we should stop the one-time tax paid low interest loans to companies too? Or should billionaires pay their fair share.
- nielsbot 5mo agoi’ll take it. then we can move on to the permanent tax.
- vintermann 5mo agoI guess that by the time a tax had been applied once, the targets would have worked out a way to avoid it anyway. Apparently, in old Athens, not only were taxes one off, but they were explicitly targeted too, like "It's about time the Alcmaeonids pay for a festival again."
- bl4kers 5mo agoThere's so much FUD as is I think pushing for a permanent version wouldn't be a good starting point. It's not about confidence, it's pragmatic