• Steve
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    1 month ago

    That’s different. That’s based purely on the amount. And I’m not just talking about salary, but compensation, including stock options, expense accounts, and other benefit packages that executives get beyond salary.

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      1 month ago

      Yeah, and all of these have a value that can be calculated. So tax them on the sum of their compensation + the value of the perks they receive.

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        1 month ago

        Yah. That’s what we’re talking about. That’s what I said. I’m not sure what you’re getting at here.

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          1 month ago

          You said, when I talked about progressive tax:

          That’s different. That’s based purely on the amount. And I’m not just talking about salary, but compensation, including stock options, expense accounts, and other benefit packages that executives get beyond salary.

          I don’t understand what’s different then, if we both agree that the taxable base for an individual is their total compensation, not their base salary. I think we might have just talked past one another and essentially agree

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            1 month ago

            Sounds like it. I assumed you were simply talking about a progressive tax for wages and salaries that we already have.