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Should luxury products be taxed more heavily than regular ones?

For

Luxury buyers can afford to support public services.

Against

People should be free to spend their money how they want.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • Luxury brands can be an obnoxious waste of money even for people who can afford them.
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  • Luxury's core value is a price high enough to reserve it for a wealthy minority.
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Against

  • It is their money, and they can spend it as they wish when it harms nobody else.
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  • Some people buy luxury goods because they find them beautiful and consider fashion an art.
    RedditOriginal language: English
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