Taxes are one way the oligarchy rigs the system. It can afford to have unlimited amounts of lawyers, accountants and politicians to write loopholes in the tax laws that amount to foot thick tax code books.
Instead of taxes, citizens in a direct democracy might cap personal wealth and direct the excess wealth to be distributed equally among the public. This without having to depend on today’s rigged tax gimmicks to run the regime.
As money is power, capping wealth concentration democratically would have the effect of avoiding the extreme concentration of power that harms the 99% for the benefit of the 1%.
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