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>>Capitalism is a tool. Tools have no morals.
That mean that a tool can be used for opposite purposes, depending simply of how it is handled.
A major change in corporate fiscality would be useful. What are companies taxed on now? On salaries, and on profit. What is taxed is creating jobs and creating wealth. Why do we tax desirable things?
I think taxes are a social tool, not 'capitalistic'. The first intention of taxes are to maintain common social assets. But all too often taxes are a form of wealth distribution. But what happens all too often is the wealth of the middle class is redistributed while the wealthy keep their booty. So it turns into a tool to create a greater oligarchy. A
Check your numbers, the top 10% pay something like 50% of the taxes according the the IRS's own numbers. Us in the middle pay the rest.
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