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Thomas Sowell has noted that the true minimum wage is zero when it prices low-skilled workers out of the market.

A corollary is that the true tax rate is zero when your taxees rebel and exit your domain.

1 posted on 02/01/2025 11:08:29 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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“...a special tax on large companies...”

Don’t relocate to California. They’ve been doing that for years.

wy69


2 posted on 02/01/2025 11:14:24 AM PST by whitney69
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It similar to the stupid statement “tax the corporations rather than people”. Really, where does the corporate money come from to pay those higher taxes? It comes from customers who now face higher prices so the company can pay the higher taxes. Ultimately corporate taxes are paid by the customer.

Another dumb chant by the left and politicians: “The rich don’t pay their fair share!” Really? The top 10% of wage earner (the rich, income greater than $440,000/year) pay 72% of all taxes. The bottom 50% (less that $45,000/year) pay less than 3% of all taxes. You’re right, the rich don’t pay their fair share...they pay too much. After all, they are the ones who invest in the economy, create new jobs, and generate economic growth. Also, politicians wrote the tax code with loop holes so the rich would give them donation. Harris had 4 years to do something about taxes, but did nothing.


3 posted on 02/01/2025 11:21:05 AM PST by econjack
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The wealthy have the financial means to relocate to a more tax friendly location. It is folly to threaten them with special higher taxes only to watch them evaporate entirely from your tax base.
6 posted on 02/01/2025 11:39:22 AM PST by Myrddin
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Interesting video. A little bit hard to understand (I couldn’t use fast playback due to his thick accent) but good info. Many of the rich of Europe have already relocated to America and the investment by European corporation into our country is really quite amazing!

https://youtu.be/jE-E1lQunm0


7 posted on 02/01/2025 11:58:41 AM PST by Lake Living
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Uhhh...you are supposed to have your exit plans in place before you discuss it. France will likely slap a huge exit tax on any upstart billionaire who thinks his property actually belongs to him.
8 posted on 02/01/2025 12:01:56 PM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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When that portion of a nation’s population finally wakes up to the fact that government is the least efficient user of scarce resources and the private sector the most, government entities immediately go into self-preservation mode (capital controls, higher taxes, etc.) which always increases the stampede for the exit. The thought of becoming more efficient and effective is a thought that never seems to occur to them.


10 posted on 02/01/2025 12:13:21 PM PST by Rlsau1
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I noted his Hispanic wife was not there at the inauguration


11 posted on 02/01/2025 12:27:21 PM PST by RummyChick
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