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I absolutely agree that tax law is unfair and illogical. I favor no income tax or if we must have one, a flat tax with no deductions for anyone.
I also agree budgets should always balance.
Would any of that result in less income disparity? Don't know, don't care.
Unless you live and work outside the US or you have plenty of assets outside of our economy, why the fuck would you not care?
Income disparity is something that will be with us as long as we have people involved. The point is to make as fair a market place to risk our efforts as possible.
Is fairness in the market not almost as important as freedom?
Free markets and individual freedom go hand in hand. We agree here 100%. What I don't care about is to make incomes more 'even'. If that occurs as a result of free markets, wonderful, but I really don't care that there are a few extremely wealthy people, which always changes year after year, as well as some relatively poor people, which can also change. Income disparity is nothing to be worried about as long as it remains flexible. Stated differently, government forces that hamper some from increasing their wealth while helping others is something to be very worried about.
I never said ANYTHING about making all incomes 'even'... that kind of thinking is just plain wrong.
I'm saying that if we lived in a land of free markets, fair and simple taxes and public budgets balanced by law, the distribution of wealth graph would assume a smooth bell curve, with most of the wealth in the hands of most of the people, on its own.
Nowhere will you see me advocate for government manipulation of wages or any other prices.
The income distribution graph is not a goal, it's a gauge, and ours is showing a red-hot skew that will inevitably lead to collapse or a king.