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In here is where the complexity lies.
I'm not saying it's impossible, but calculating wealth is nebulous and might not be possible by tomorrow.
Is not the same as
Do you understand that?
But "we can't calculate wealth" is horseshit, it gets done every second of every day.
Especially for the oligarchs, because the live off loans that use wealth and assets as collateral to avoid realizing gains.
Those numbers already exist for the ones you think it would be hard to calculate.
And even if the numbers didnt that doesn't mean it would be impossible to get them, we've been doing it literally as long as human society existed
Like, I'm sorry man, I'm just literally dumbfounded at your comment for a lot more reasons than what I already typed out.
So how are you calculating how much someone "earned", then? Do you mean their income?
Who said "we can't calculate wealth"? Are they in the thread with us?
More than half your comment is arguing with a strawman. I'm not surprised you're winded.
You don't know what income tax is? Have you heard the phrase "income tax" before?
You're going to have to ask one question at a time if you want to have a chance at understanding explanations, we're literally starting at the very beginning....
Edit:
Actually...
You did....
Like, right there buddy...
You said it's so hard we can't really do it...
Sure. Most wealthy people pay almost none of it. Their income is next-to-nothing.
So that's one calculation you're using, very good. Next one?
To respond to your edit:
Nope. You're wrong.
For all your snark, you sure folded quickly lol