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In reply to the discussion: Taxing wealth is the next logical step [View all]Response to mainer (Reply #49)
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Extremely obvious. Shows how bought are government and institutions are as a society. nt
PufPuf23
Jul 2012
#3
Businesses can either invest it themselves hiring workers or the government will tax them and do it
NNN0LHI
Jul 2012
#9
That's just verbiage for a 'wealth tax' (or a 'tax on savings'). The idea
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#27
Probably not a gold coin worth significantly less than what you're taking from them.
Blanks
Jul 2012
#90
Wow, that's what the Libertarians say. Fortunately history doesn't support you.
Zalatix
Jul 2012
#58
If you have a Billion in cash in the bank, you're not "relying on receivables"...
lastlib
Jul 2012
#30
Ummm, that's what I said. You save the cash so you don't have to rely on receivables
TBMASE
Jul 2012
#45
Tax all inheritances above $5 million at 100%. Tax all transfers of money out of the country at 200%
AnotherMcIntosh
Jul 2012
#15
If they want to go, they should go - but without the protection of the U.S. laws.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jul 2012
#34
No, it's called social democracy, and it works pretty damn well Canada and Western Europe
Hippo_Tron
Jul 2012
#128
I am against a wealth tax, per se. But our progressive tax system is a wealth tax, to some degree.
Honeycombe8
Jul 2012
#41
couple this with a repeal of the income tax and you've got a capitalist economist's wet dream
unblock
Jul 2012
#52
A flat tax on wealth of 2% per year will raise $1 trillion, and solve our budget problems.
reformist2
Jul 2012
#54
Don has a great idea here! The FIRST step would be for people to stop putting 1%ers in Congress.
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#56
A wealth tax is a taking. If you want that then you have to change the Constitution.
AngryAmish
Jul 2012
#61
Property taxes are used to finance vital government services, not general wealth redistribution
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#76
That was the logic we used to follow. Until Reagan and Trickle Down Economics.
Overseas
Jul 2012
#62
Hire new workers to do what? Why would a business owner hire new workers if he didn't need them?
SlimJimmy
Jul 2012
#79
So, your company hired and paid new workers they didn't need just so they could go out and purchase
SlimJimmy
Jul 2012
#101
"Taxing WEALTH ... is the most radical idea I can think of short of armed revolution"....
Junkdrawer
Jul 2012
#93
not happening. who will do the taxing when the potential taxees own and fund the potential taxors?
HiPointDem
Jul 2012
#134