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"Raising taxes on the rich isn't about revenue. It's about fairness. I mean, we all know that the rich don't pay their fair share. How could they? They're rich. If they paid their fair share then they wouldn't be rich, now, would they? So taxes must be raised on them until they are no longer rich. Only then will they have paid their fair share. If doing this destroys the economy and makes everyone poor, so be it. It is fairer that everyone be poor than there be rich people to envy."

--reason.com commenter "sarcasmic" in response to "Soaking the Rich" (march)

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