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Johnny2X2X

(18,747 posts)
2. Great rant
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 04:03 PM
Jan 2019

Another purely Conservative Utopia would be Somalia, it's a dream for them, no regulations for the environment or labor. No rules or taxes. Guns everywhere.

In Russia, something like 112 families control over 90% of the wealth. It's crazy, engineers in Russia might make like $8 an hour. And here's the kicker, the state run propaganda machine is so powerful there that they think they have it good.

That was an awesome rant. alwaysinasnit Jan 2019 #1
The wealthy need to pay a yrly tax on their wealth,on stcks, bonds,wealth held in Banks. onit2day Jan 2019 #72
Great rant Johnny2X2X Jan 2019 #2
Righteous Rant! NT Adrahil Jan 2019 #3
Indeed, an awesome rant. I love the blurb about wealth taxes and that we need on the ... SWBTATTReg Jan 2019 #4
Spot on Traildogbob Jan 2019 #21
bingo mercuryblues Jan 2019 #48
K/R moondust Jan 2019 #5
I have been using that analogy as well exboyfil Jan 2019 #6
K&R for some truth ProfessorPlum Jan 2019 #7
WOW! Great post KT2000 Jan 2019 #8
Well done! send this to the papers as an oped, more people need to read it Perseus Jan 2019 #9
Thanks! It's amazing, isn't it? They spout this fake analogy of a 'socialist' country every day TrollBuster9090 Jan 2019 #14
It's a Socialist country about as much as Nazi Germany was Socialist bigbrother05 Jan 2019 #22
Sadly, the talking heads DON'T push back on the Nazi claim. Not on Fox, anyway. TrollBuster9090 Jan 2019 #25
The socialist label is only dragged out by those distorting the truth. Lonestarblue Jan 2019 #36
I second this. Send this on! crosinski Jan 2019 #71
Love it ZeroSomeBrains Jan 2019 #10
A socialist government closer to home . . . the military. pdsimdars Jan 2019 #11
Also, the military is very close to being a meritocracy. TrollBuster9090 Jan 2019 #13
You also cannot speak freely. JayhawkSD Jan 2019 #57
Good post. Goodheart Jan 2019 #12
fANTASTIC! montanacowboy Jan 2019 #15
One of the BEST POSTS EVER! BamaRefugee Jan 2019 #16
KR NT ProudProgressiveNow Jan 2019 #17
OMG !! That is the best thing ANYBODY has wriotten on the ole DUer in years !!!!!!!!!!!!! pangaia Jan 2019 #18
MSNBCNNBCBSABCFOX ... aggiesal Jan 2019 #39
LOL pangaia Jan 2019 #42
+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #19
Capital gains is more like 35 1/2% in CA (including Federal tax) for high incomes BSdetect Jan 2019 #20
I'm not familiar with California (other than the fact that it's a fantastic State), but I checked TrollBuster9090 Jan 2019 #28
Where have you been? or rather, where have I been ??? pangaia Jan 2019 #35
Excellent rant!! AllyCat Jan 2019 #23
Let me be another one weighing in on how awesome your rant is. llmart Jan 2019 #24
Excellent rant! ananda Jan 2019 #26
K&R K&R Kurt V. Jan 2019 #27
Great and pertinent rant! burrowowl Jan 2019 #29
Excellent yonder Jan 2019 #30
Thom Hartmann talked about this property tax issue on his radio show today, too eleny Jan 2019 #31
Another comparison is homestead exemption csziggy Jan 2019 #32
And that's why 0.05 percenters should not be even considered for President. paleotn Jan 2019 #33
Excellent! Copying. Duppers Jan 2019 #34
well said. nt Maru Kitteh Jan 2019 #37
Great post, but I think I'm misunderstanding something. Captain Stern Jan 2019 #38
This post is fantastic oberliner Jan 2019 #40
K & R highly! LiberalLovinLug Jan 2019 #41
K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Jan 2019 #43
Good Point and buzzroller Jan 2019 #44
I'm aghast at this 2% tax on residential real estate, BobTheSubgenius Jan 2019 #45
A person owning a $850K home can't afford $17K? TexasBushwhacker Jan 2019 #73
That argument doesn't make sense,since Bloomberg pays property taxes, too. Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #46
Look at the big picture buzzroller Jan 2019 #47
Well,no. That's not true...I think. Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #49
A wealth tax would be a tax on all assets - cash and investments marylandblue Jan 2019 #50
He pays taxes on his ownership of the business.... Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #63
It's not complicated at all marylandblue Jan 2019 #64
It is complicated. Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #66
Really it is that simple. In fact it's accounting 101. marylandblue Jan 2019 #67
Oh, pleeez. Who is going to do all that valuing? The college grad IRS agent? Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #68
We already have an inheritance tax marylandblue Jan 2019 #69
When I first did tax returns in the early 80's in Ohio there was a personal property tax. wasupaloopa Jan 2019 #51
That was fantastic. AJT Jan 2019 #52
I paid mine today. efhmc Jan 2019 #53
Exactly! TomSlick Jan 2019 #54
Bookmarked! summer_in_TX Jan 2019 #55
"... in fact it eats up about 20% of my net income..." WhiteHat Jan 2019 #56
It was the state and local governments taxing your wealth. JayhawkSD Jan 2019 #58
Great rant, except for the last three paragraphs. SunSeeker Jan 2019 #59
a poignant post, as I sit here trying to figure out how the hell I'm going to pay property tax anarch Jan 2019 #60
This is a great post malaise Jan 2019 #61
This is the best thing that ever read....maybe ever!!!!!, Ninga Jan 2019 #62
Good points. calimary Jan 2019 #65
And every year when I renew my car registration, marybourg Jan 2019 #70
just change TAX to...fees/registration SoCalDem Jan 2019 #75
I live on SS alone, and my prop taxes are 4K a year SoCalDem Jan 2019 #74
Well said.... doompatrol39 Jan 2019 #76
if you have a mortgage you are paying on the part the bank still owns also scarytomcat Jan 2019 #77
I'm all for taxing the rich into oblivion. Joe941 Jan 2019 #78
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