[VIDEO] Tax the Rich? New questions

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• Is it justified that high-salary workers pay a high portion of the tax revenue? If so, what is that justification?

• Does paying a high portion of taxes mean they contribute more to society than other workers?

• Does the high market value of their labor, as reflected by their high salary, mean their labor contributes more social value to society?

• Higher tax for the rich is the progressive liberal solution to address inequality and provide better funding for public goods and services. But what is the socialist solution? (Note that I use the word socialist to refer to a stateless and classless society.)
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