Comment Re:Escaping only helps you until a war. (Score 1) 339
What do you mean by "bottom dwelling?" Discussions about taxes and resultant wealth distribution are not discussions about rich vs poor. They're discussions about rich vs. middle class. The argument goes: the middle class is shouldering a larger portion of the tax burden over time and is, as a result, shrinking. Arguments about taxes are seldom arguments about the very poorest people, unless you're looking specifically at sales taxes and the like.
The statement that I made and that you seem to be trying to dispute is that property taxes are regressive. Your claim that they are small is irrelevant, size doesn't have anything to do with their regressiveness. Also: they are not small everywhere. According to Wikipedia they're up to 4% in some places, that's not trivial. Also: So what? The greater point that I was making was that the United States doesn't have anything like a redistributive wealth tax. If property tax is so small, then this only reinforces my point.
The statement that I made and that you seem to be trying to dispute is that property taxes are regressive. Your claim that they are small is irrelevant, size doesn't have anything to do with their regressiveness. Also: they are not small everywhere. According to Wikipedia they're up to 4% in some places, that's not trivial. Also: So what? The greater point that I was making was that the United States doesn't have anything like a redistributive wealth tax. If property tax is so small, then this only reinforces my point.