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In reply to the discussion: We should tax wealth apart from income...and put a backstop to prevent capital flight [View all]mainer
(12,022 posts)56. I'm a small business owner
and I am a Democrat.
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We should tax wealth apart from income...and put a backstop to prevent capital flight [View all]
srican69
Jan 2013
OP
goods. There's plenty of gov't computing power to record insurance, real estate taxes, stock gains
leveymg
Jan 2013
#128
the wealthy have tons on money locked up in paintings ... but imagine the industry such a law will
srican69
Jan 2013
#32
intention is not punish savers .. but to get those who have gotten really wealthy to do their bit
srican69
Jan 2013
#13
My husband is self-employed. Can't get a smaller business than that. (And yes, it is a business.)
GreenPartyVoter
Jan 2013
#127
like you pay income tax on full income ( after fica tax has been paid)? ... then Yes
srican69
Jan 2013
#37
The US is a third world country. Just look at our elections, healthcare, poverty.
Scuba
Jan 2013
#43
You don't get it. "No running water, no sewage systems" etc is true for lots of Americans.
Scuba
Jan 2013
#131
If they stopped with the false equivalencies, they wouldn't have much to work with...
a geek named Bob
Jan 2013
#138
Something like what you said ... in the early years it was not as much of a problem, but
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#8
That's what inheritance taxes were/are for, and that's why it needs to be tightened
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#11
I have elderly relatives who have a "net worth" of more than half a million, because of their house,
Nye Bevan
Jan 2013
#31
Tax on over50 mil in assets would simply be a claw back on stolen money, IMHO
grahamhgreen
Jan 2013
#38
If someone dies with a $50 million dollar estate, we'll get a pretty big chunk of that.
dawg
Jan 2013
#44
We should 40 million as payback to the society that generated the wealth, I believe.
grahamhgreen
Jan 2013
#73
Yep, all those huge piles of idle money need to be fragmented and put back in circulation.
bemildred
Jan 2013
#45
In a nation in which Walmart is the largest employer ANY accumulated wealth is disproportionate
Demo_Chris
Jan 2013
#52
You Are No Better At Expressing An Opponent's Points Than At Anything Else, Sir
The Magistrate
Jan 2013
#86
So, yes, you think the wealthy will not use their capital to adjust to this continuous wealth tax?
NoOneMan
Jan 2013
#95
"if we make them poorer they will actually have fewer resources with which to kill us all"
NoOneMan
Jan 2013
#116
I definitely support this in theory, but the devil is in the enforcement details
Wednesdays
Jan 2013
#55
I think you hit on the winning argument: "Not as bad as the bolshevik revolution". (nt)
Nye Bevan
Jan 2013
#84
A Sales Tax with Exemptions for Food, Healthcare, Education, Clothing, and Housing Would Be Better
Yavin4
Jan 2013
#64
Every business owner faces the same risks, but only the investor class enjoys low taxes on the profi
Demo_Chris
Jan 2013
#93
The vast majority of people hit by a wealth tax would be retirees, who are already
pnwmom
Jan 2013
#96
He can sell his million dollar home and buy an entire street in most of the country.
Demo_Chris
Jan 2013
#147