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Wrong. Taxes are theft, pure and simple. Earning money and keeping it is a right, not a privilege.Probably not that much (unless the majority of your wealth is tied up in stocks, shares, bonds, property and businesses).Nothing is too much for me to handle. I was just wondering how drastically your life would be changed if you only had half a billion instead of 1 billion.Asclepias AND what? Is 1/2 billion, i.e. 500 million too much for you to handle?
If you're a cash rich billionaire then not much would change, I'd imagine.
But that's not really the point.
It's a point of principle. It's outright theft.
You would get 15 or 20-years in jail for walking into a bank, with a gun and walking out with millions even if you used the excuse like the bank won't miss it, they've got tens of billions in reserve and the money would be insured anyway too.
But legally it would be ok to just take half of wealthy folks money?
One is illegal and carries a hefty prison sentence but the other is morally acceptable and correct?
"It's a point of principle. It's outright theft."
I dont know how it is in your country and I know you're a foreigner so I will explain. In this country taxes are what you pay for the privilege of being able to make a billion dollars.