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I think Big Jim might be confusing the right and ability to earn a lot of money with the right to game our stupid Internal Revenue Tax system.
Eliminate the Internal Revenue Service and go to a flat tax. No loop holes. But there is a problem with that. You still have to have a way to determine NET income over GROSS income and that's where the loopholes come in.
And as former business owner I can assure you I could not have survived if taxes were based on gross. I suppose I could but I would have had to charge a lot more money for my services.
But I think it could be done if the business expenses were very tightly controlled.
But to say rich folks should share their money with poor folks is simply wrong.
Now to say those same rich folks should provide jobs for the poor folks might be ok.
In other words.....
YOU DON'T WORK...YOU DON'T EAT.

We also have the opposite here Big Jim.
We have folks who don't work and don't contribute any taxes who live pretty good.
I know some myself. They get food stamps, cash assistance, free health care. etc. One owns their home and just did a whole bunch of remodeling on the house. Paid for by, you guessed it, the Government. Where did the Government get the money to give these folks all this stuff. Well I suppose it was from the poor people who pay taxes. I really doubt any of Buffets money went to them.

Oh! those folks that get all that assistance from the Government. well they have jobs that pay cash. So they live pretty good. They can even afford cannabis. Isn't that nice.