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Rottimer t1_je03sc4 wrote

Talking about race isn’t itself racist. In fact, ignoring race in a country with our history generally works to the detriment of minorities. It is a fact that because white people are the dominant race in this country and because of the history we have, it’s the culture of white protestants that is held up as “American.”

This is not a racist claim or a knock against white people in general.

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[deleted] t1_je03ksy wrote

You misunderstand their point. Assuming everything they said is accurate, the fact that the average tax is 2K is because those who would have been taxed higher already moved and were thus excluded from the tax.

With that being said I'm skeptical the average tax was 2K, because even a handful of ultrawealthy who stay would really distort the average. My guess is that they meant "most families would paid the tax paid only 2K"

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