• _g_be@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I mean, those are kinda two sides of the same coin. Both ways to limit the compounding of wealth in few hands.

    I’m open to all these ideas, and more

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      Wealth and income are two different things. We should tax wealth savagely, i.e., the ownership of assets, and we should also tax income, but to a lesser degree.

      Just to level set: income refers to the flow of money earned over a period, like a salary or wages, while wealth represents the accumulated assets minus liabilities at a specific point in time