Income equality. Where to start

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No? If you make more, we’re taking more?

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Yes, we essentially had one from the 1930’s til Reagan drastically cut the top tax rate.
Also works very well in professional sports to keep teams competitive.

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The issue of income inequality is not that some people make too much money, it is most people make too little money.

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So now the pie never grows?

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So you take from too much to give to too little. Maybe a better way to say it would be “some people make too much money for “society” not take a bunch of it”?

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How much is too little?

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Why do you get pie?

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Should every job pay similarly?

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Well… no … but that one pays too little.

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More straw men.

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You’ve spent the last 20 years working to get a law degree. If you choose to, you can monetize that.

I didn’t. I got to be a lawyer by outlawyering a lawyer.

We should be within how much of each other on pay?

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Well if some jobs pay too little- supplemental income for those people? I should work fast food and be paid somewhat close to a doctor? What’s your solution? What’s the point of getting more education and specialization?

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Or even just effort?

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More straw men. No one has suggested that all jobs should pay the same - or even “somewhat close” to each other.

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Yes, a living wage. Whatever you need to live on.

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Then how are you addressing “wage gap”? Because that’s the gap; some jobs pay a lot more than others.

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I went to law school on a lark. I certainly didn’t spend 20 years working towards that goal.

There’s no need to try to put words in my mouth.

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Ok, if you say so. As long as you did the work, the question stands.

Why did you lark?

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Again. The problem isn’t that some people make too much money - it’s that too many people make too little money.

I have no problem that Jeff Bezos has made $100 billion dollars - but I do have a problem with amazon workers making less than minimum wage.

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Why? Do you buy from Amazon? Minimum wage is an arbitrary number. How much are you willing to pay them? $1M?

Are you counting their discount?

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