Buy1sell2 is right. poor should pay the most taxes. Government should take that money and give it to the rich who will spend the money and it will trickle down to the poor.
Isn't that exactly what we do now. I will note that the effective tax rate of the top 1% including the billionaires is much lower than the effective tax rate of most of middle class America. Many -- like Trump -- pay zero income taxes in many years thanks to all the tax breaks and tax shelters utilized by the rich.
Progressive tax rates on income are very different than progressive tax rates on real property/goods. My idea benefits those who make money, it hurts them when they spend that money. My goal is to maximize the goods/services produced for the majority. Hence my taxes would only target consumers, not producers. Think about the raw material resources and labor resources it takes to build somebody a massive yacht. I would prefer to incentivize that allocation of materials/labor towards a broader amount of people.
If my ideas were truly Marxist there would be no need for taxation. My ideas actually simplify taxes and promote business creation.
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