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#229 — A Few Thoughts for a New Year

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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What Is Wealth For?

i think taxes should be raised on everyone in my bracket. The point is that waste and mismanagement needs to be funded, and there is no one in a better position to fund these things than the wealthy. This goes to the question of what is wealth for? What is it good for? One thing it's good for is that it gives you the ity to help people very directly. And if you don't use that ability, given the excruciating need, people will begin to think that you're just selfish as they should....

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