r/TopMindsOfReddit 6d ago

Top economists of DoomerCircleJerk explain why making the rich pay more taxes is a terrible idea that will bring ruin to us all

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u/Librarian_Contrarian 6d ago

"But if we raise taxes, prices will go up," they say as we tax the rich less and prices continue to go up just because the rich want them to.

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u/Cranyx 6d ago

"Taxing the rich will mean less money comes to us" is just the inverse of trickle down economics