Should there be a wealth tax?
The very largest fortunes should pay a specific tax on their wealth.
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
What's at stake: The disagreement is over two effects: reducing wealth gaps that are wider than income gaps, or risking the departure of capital and entrepreneurs.
The left's argument
Wealth is far more concentrated than income. Taxing the richest is simply fair.
The centre's argument
Tax idle wealth rather than money invested in businesses that create jobs.
The right's argument
A wealth tax drives capital away and taxes assets that have already been taxed.
And you, where do you stand?
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