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Originally Posted by PR_Tom
Raw $ is a useless way to discuss tax rates, but I know you know that and are just having fun.
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That's very, very telling. It gives insight into your core beliefs about what taxes and government are for. If the purpose of taxes is to fund the government, dollars is EXACTLY what matters. It's dollars that the government spends to operate.
On the other hand, if the purpose of taxes is to punish success and subsidize indifference, then dollars don't matter, percentages do.
Stop for a second and think about your motives for a second. Are you thinking in terms of financing the government (dollars) or are you unknowingly influenced by that universal human trait "envy", thinking about what percentage would hurt the person who is more successful than yourself?
I have to check my motives from time to time. Sometimes I make up noble motives that hide my true, underlying motive.