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But to provide the level of services France does to its citizens, you’ve got to have tax revenue
What an old-fashioned thought - the US' time-proven, surely sustainable approach demonstrates otherwise:
From $71 Million to $39 Trillion—U.S. National Debt’s 250-Year Climb
America’s Debt Just Hit a WWII-Era Record While the Economy Booms: The Trap Nobody’s Talking About
The claim is that concentrating wealth in the hands of the few is necessary for "capital formation", from which all the goodies will flow. As Mark Russell explained it "that means, if David Rockefeller prospers, that prosperity will trickle down, down, down, all the way to Jay Rockefeller."
There you go, family dynasties based on merit are the way to go ("merit" defined as having a favourable bloodline). Surely for society it is best if the riches' offsprings reap their well-deserved unencumbered Wealth.
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