I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable, but
the consequences of this enormous inequality producing so much misery to
the bulk of mankind, legislators cannot invent too many devices for
subdividing property, only taking care to let their subdivisions go hand
in hand with the natural affections of the human mind. … Another means
of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt all from
taxation below a certain point, and to tax the higher portions or
property in geometrical progression as they rise.
~ Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison, October 28, 1785
[Apparently Carson said progressive taxation is socialist. He now
joins the ranks of those who should be prohibited from throwing the word
“socialism” around until they look up an actual definition.]
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