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third0burns t1_iubfpht wrote

Reply to comment by LetsPlayCanasta in The face of opposition to Question 1 admits proposed tax wouldn’t hurt him much: ‘I’m not struggling’ - The Boston Globe by petepont

Because the ones being singled out are the ones who can afford it.

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LetsPlayCanasta t1_iubhlq4 wrote

Can I swing by your house and tell you what you're allowed to keep and what I can take because you can afford it?

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jamescobalt t1_iubsljb wrote

He already paid taxes on all that stuff. It’s a social agreement made before you buy or earn stuff. If the farmer millionaire doesn’t want to participate he can take his business elsewhere. Mass would no longer benefit from his money and he would no longer benefit from things Mass taxes pay for like roads that his business uses or the employees educated by the state etc

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