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No you misunderstand- they only pay tax on income, but the % is based on their total wealth.

Eg if I have a total net worth of 2mn, my income tax might be 50%, and if I have a total net worth of 0, my income tax could be just 10%.

This would encourage people to earn more who have little now, and encourage people who have a lot to spend/scale back their earnings. Ideally it would lower the gap between lower and middle class people.




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