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Originally posted by Purrybonker
Oops, I assumed (I know, ass - u - me, sry) that your observation to the effect that...
"The sad thing is that Marx's statement has a lot in common with the current tax and welfare policy of the US."
...was either rhetorical or sarcastic in a subtle way that was beyond simple understanding or that it was intended as a joke. So I assumed the latter posture and responded in a similar, non-sensical way.
To state that the most regressive (or better, least progressive) personal tax system in the world (well of the G7 nations, anyway) is even a vague reflection of Marxist philosophy must be some kind of joke. Or it's very, very deep man.
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That Americans pay an income tax at all is Marxian.