Posted by Traces 7/2/2025
Despite having enormous budgets, the services the state provides are inadequate. Many people choose to sacrifice an additional portion of their income (on top of what they already pay in taxes) to access these services privately. Even with extensive social policies and taxes on virtually everything you do — salary, consumption, transfers, inheritance, literally everything — quality of life remains poor. High tax rates actually breaks development.
We must be cautious about supporting policies that tax the wealthy more heavily, because when the state considers someone earning $2,000 per month to be 'rich'—which already happens, as evidenced by the current income tax brackets (IRPF)—these measures won't improve anyone's life.
> Many people choose to sacrifice an additional portion of their income (on top of what they already pay in taxes) to access these services privately.
In Brazil you pay taxes which are supposed to grant you health care, education, safety. None of that happens, so you pay (again) for private school, healthcare, insurance and so on. Anyone that lives/lived there knows this.
The brightest minds leave the country or aren't able to reach its full potential.
We're talking about a country where the government has repeatedly been found of the largest corruptions schemes in human history.
The state is just private individuals with a monopoly on violence. The incredible degree of corruption in Brazil wouldn't exist if people working for the state didn't have any special privileges.
Look at some successful societies: Japan, New Zealand, Germany. Not socialist. Success was rewarded and societies benefited.
A millionaire is 1000x the wealth as someone with a thousand bucks.
As someone closer to a net worth closer to $1000, it sure is funny watching the rich millionaires complain about the rich billionaires.
I bet the millionaires don't think the wealth transfers and confiscation they support for the billionaires, will ever be applied to them.
Run your math again through a calculator.
Did you not understand the point being communicated?
It really is an error in calculating. That's the great thing about math, it doesn't care how you 'feel' or what you 'wanted to express'.
You need to update your comment and the error will be gone and not try to argue semantics.
You're off by an order of magnitude.
- No, the rich won't run away.
- No, the rich are not carrying the country.
- No, caring for another or a lesser fortunate, isn't communism.
It's weird I have to say it, but some really need to hear it.