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I think you misspelled "contributed".



They don't contribute to society because their wealth is formed by taking from society (the cumulative surplus value of the thousands of workers below them). That is why I believe their taxes should be significantly higher. Billionaires owe society, not the other way around.


Income taxes are about workers. "The rich" in income tax terms are senior and specialist workers.


This sounds like the labor theory of value.




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