[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I listened to the "long play" version. A lot of pontificating, some very good points on quality of work, etc. but not a lot of real solutions offered.

The "tax em" mantra always sounds good but it is never explained properly. Bregman keeps harping on Michael Dell for example. In 2020, Dell's taxable salary was around $3M. $995,000 was straight salary and he rest was bonuses paid out to him. Taxing that at 90% solves nothing, drop in the bucket, but it's a good talking point because Bregman, like most that support this, know the general population does not understand the difference between wealth and salary. They, for the most part, only understand salary not wealth gained from creating, building and retaining ownership of something.

By the way, from what I could find searching Bregman himself is a multimillionaire, primarily through book sales, and speaking fees. Maybe he gives it all away, I don't know.

not to mention, there comes a time where if taxes keep getting raised, it becomes more and more worthwhile to dodge taxes through a variety of legal and illegal methods.

aka, registering one's high end vehicle in south dakota so one doesn't need to pay local state vehicle taxes...