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Idle Rich Tax Increase

This policy boosts government revenue by increasing taxes on wealthy individuals who aren't actively using their wealth, funding public services and helping lower-income families.

#153 of 704 · top 23%

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64.1% of matchups won 2,267 matchups Elo 1425 tracked 2025/04/29 → 2025/07/15

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Public sentiment

how often it gets picked, by matchup framing

70%

picked as helping wellbeing

1,744 matchups

43%

picked as hurting wellbeing

523 matchups

On balance people see it as helping.

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Rating over time

Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29

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Based on 2,267 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2025/07/15. Full rankings ·

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