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> I'm just advocating that tax laws exist & are enforced, so as to redistribute wealth, which I don't view as oppressive

Laws are strongly enforced in this country (USA).

Where is the bar for "oppressive"? I come from a country that thought that 70%+ taxation was acceptable. In the USA, we are now at 60%+ (across federal, state, local). It sure sounds oppressive to me and one way out is to give the choice to people to opt out.

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Do you have a source for the 60%+ number?

I think paying 60% tax or higher on income above a certain threshold (e.g: $300,000, just throwing a number out there, so you'd pay 60% tax on $1 if you were earning $300,001, and a lower tax rate for the lower portion) is reasonable.

Regardless, sure, one way is to give the choice to opt out, another is just to lower taxes if it's generally agreed they're too high.

That 60% tax number is false.

What country ever taxes at 70% overall? The US used to have federal income upper marginal rates in the 90% range, but that doesn't mean that you pay 90% of your income as tax.

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