America needs a new political party. Both of the current ones are bad. Republicans are way too reactionary, Democrats are pro-censorship, and both are getting more extreme. Neither appropriately represents an average person.
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Also, they have the means to pay taxes, and their wealth comes from the country. No ultrarich person in America can claim that the government didn’t help them get to where they are. They are profiting off of the government and the people, so they should pay a fair share of taxes. No one is saying this fair share should be unreasonably high, but it is necessary in order to have a functioning government.
I do think they should pay taxes, but they shouldn’t pay too much
Then we’re in agreement, but many studies have shown that with a remarkably small tax increase for the ultrarich (and also by closing up existing loopholes), not only would the ultrarich stop pushing the “burden” of supporting many government programs on the poor/middle class (even when they receive most of the benefits), but problems like homelessness could be easily decreased.