Law in Contemporary Society

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InequalityJustice 9 - 05 Feb 2010 - Main.MatthewZorn
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 Is inequality inherently unjust? If so, what can be done to reconcile justice with a world defined by scarcity of resources and the continual creation of unequal relationships? This twiki entry has the goal of providing various perspectives on the question of inequality and its link to justice.

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 What about the taxes? I would argue that the total national income would still be the same under this plan. But there is a valid point to be made against this plan. That is, we would still lose money in tax revenues because we would not have the benefit of extreme tax rates that affect the ultra rich. (Consider two situations in which the national income is $100. In situation A, 100 people have $1. In situation B, 1 person has all $100. We might get a dime from each of the $1 earners, totaling $10 in taxes, but we would get $40 from the $100 earner.) Two responses: 1) The more equal distribution of money is itself a benefit to society, and I would accept that the government gets less tax revenues if a more equal distribution of money took place. 2) In addition, the more equally distributed money is, the less we need tax revenues to fund social welfare programs that seek to remedy this very thing.

But regardless, I return to my main point, which is that even with a $2 million cap on yearly income, there would still be people to do all the jobs that are being done now, even if a bunch of rich people left. Our economy would not be hurt.

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