It’s 1 in 5, but it is still a lot and way too high.

Welp

Wat

“If A is true, everything hinges on B” does not imply that everything, independent of A or not, hinges on B.

I do not argue your point on invading another country. However, a lot of states are democracies on paper. In the case if Iran, there is no vote that will get them out of this situation.

What I do not understand is what we should be scared of? If the ones who are not paying taxes flee, what are we losing? I see this all the time that “well if I payed less taxes I would work more” which is pointless from a state perspective since there is no increase in income.

Some people seem to live under the delusion that billionaires carry with them economic growth when they are hoarders of capital. A healthy economy should have a high turnover of capital which can only feasibly happen if the middle class is large. That the size of the middle class is shrinking is not due to the poor, ergo…