@ISIDEWITHQuestionseconomyStarted 12yrs agoActive 1wk ago

Should the government raise taxes on the rich?

Should Germany raise taxes on the rich?

Australia currently has a progressive tax system whereby high income earners pay a higher percentage of tax than low income tax. A more progressive income tax system has been proposed as a tool towards reducing wealth inequality.

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Response rates from 2.3k Direct Democracy voters.

47%
Yes
52%
No
42%
Yes
43%
No
5%
Lower the income tax rate and remove all existing tax loopholes for large corporations
8%
No, but lower taxes for the poor
0%
Yes, and raise taxes on all income brackets
1%
Reform to a flat tax
1%
No, keep the current tax structure

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 @B2WXB9Vanswered…1wk1W

Increase the number of income brackets AND raise taxes for the higher ones, but only by a small percentage as private investment plays an important role in the economy and R&D.

 @9L85XG2from Illinois  answered…11mos11MO

decrease taxes on everyone except top bracket and add new backet for over 500,000 euros and make it a 53% tax

 @9J895W7from Illinois  answered…1yr1Y

lower income taxes but establish a 5-10% inheritance tax and remove existing tax loopholes for large corporations and raise the corporate tax

 @9FL2QBBanswered…1yr1Y

Yes, tax the rich into poverty, because I hate them.

 @9FFNRT8from 9  answered…1yr1Y

Implement a land value tax instead.

 @9ZDKTVDanswered…3mos3MO

Yes, and poor people sould not be paying that much taxes or should not pay at all in there income is the minimon.

 @9NVRQCKanswered…8mos8MO

Yes, but only on those that earn more than €550,000 as a single person, and more than €750,000 for married couples.

 @9M6X6CW from Florida  answered…10mos10MO

Taxes should be set according to how much money people make on a yearly basis. Taxes and fines should be ordered accordingly.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…6mos6MO

War crime tourists pay $3,000 to see Ukraine’s horror

War Tours, pays a wage to its tour guides – who are refugees themselves – and regularly donates funds to the war effort. But some of his competitors appear to be raking in the cash: one week-long “war tour” package reportedly offered to tourists comes with a £3,000 price tag. Clients are from the US, Britain or “small European countries”, he says, and interest in tours has risen this summer. “I think they deserve to see what’s happening here because their governments support Ukraine, and they pay for that with their taxes,” he says, adding “people have a right to know how their money is spent.” It would seem that the Ukrainian government is also keen to attract visitors. In March, the country announced a campaign to attract tourists, saying it had the infrastructure and hotels to welcome foreign travellers, albeit when the war was over. “Any money that people will spend in Ukraine will help the economy to recover,” said tourism boss Mariana Oleskiv. More than 70,000 people visited the disaster-ravaged area in 2021, with numbers peaking at almost 125,000 in 2019, three years before the war broke out.“People are interested in seeing Bucha because it’s evidence of Russian aggression in their own eyes, rather than just through the media,” he explains. But “they also wanted to see destroyed Russian vehicles, and the different kinds of drones used by both sides, as well as the famous exhibitions in Kyiv”.