Charles Koch Says His Partisanship Was a Mistake • Hacker News Board

Re: Charles Koch Says His Partisanship Was a Mistake

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Post by iso1210 » Sun, Nov 22, 2020, 2:15 PM UTC

pmiller2 wrote: post #419

iso1210 wrote: post #72

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What really riles me about taxation is that generally people who work longer/harder/smarter to increase their net worth get taxed far more than those who increase it because they have a spare 50k they put into the stock market. For a just society we should tax working far less than taxing capital and dividend gains, not the opposite.

As long as they aren't in a tax bracket over 100%, then, "work[ing] longer / harder / smarter," in fact does result in increasing their net worth. What's the problem, then? That we are asking them to contribute to promoting the general welfare?

The problem is that when someone works longer/harder/smarter for 1k, they get more taken in tax than if someone gambles on the stock market and makes 1k. That's the wrong way round.

Re: Charles Koch Says His Partisanship Was a Mistake

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Post by aniro » Tue, Nov 24, 2020, 5:19 AM UTC

floor2 wrote: post #458

ninkendo wrote: post #440

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What exactly is the big nefarious power in the background whipping the liberal mob into a frenzy? I get that you want to come off as an enlightened centrist here but you’re gonna have to be specific. What’s the liberal Koch brothers and what’s the liberal Tea Party?

George Soros and BLM? The funny thing is that "whipping the liberal mob into a frenzy" is a literal thing that happened this year that resulted in riots, looting, civil unrest and a full on "autonomous zone" in Seattle. To my knowledge, the only real harm the Tea Party accomplished was rolling back environmental/emissions regulations.

So you don't think those riots, looting, civl unrest etc had anything to do with the militarization of police and the lack of accountability of law enforcement and public officials in general? Not a response to the George Floyd incident or the countless other incidents that are shockingly similar? Just a random media driven mob out there protesting things that don't actually reflect reality?

Because that is what a "whipped up mob" is. Not angry citizens demanding responsible and accountable law enforcement and action toward that end from their elected officials and unelected police forces.

Re: Charles Koch Says His Partisanship Was a Mistake

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Post by qPM9l3XJrF » Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 9:03 AM UTC

abvdasker wrote: post #480

qPM9l3XJrF wrote: post #477

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>The only justice possible for a ghoul like Koch is the forfeiture of his assets and the blade of a guillotine. Alright. I'm persuaded. Never voting for another Republican again. Seriously what are you thinking? Flagged.

That you care more about some mean words on the Internet than the actions of a man like Koch suggests maybe "persuading" people like you is a waste of time.

Calling for extrajudicial murder is more than "mean words on the Internet". If you say things like that, you're not in a frame of mind which would allow you to objectively evaluate Koch's actions.