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PETRUS

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14. Good point - we are dealing with a global system.

Reply to Fembot (Reply #13)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 06:54 PM

Jul 2012

So I totally understand you calling for the workers of the world to unite.

In the meantime, we might consider applying the logic of the system and cranking up the top marginal rates as high as they can go before revenue starts declining.

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Time for a Maximum Wage [View all] Klukie Jul 2012 OP

it only stands to reason. Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2012 #1

The tax system needs to be changed to catch the likes of Romney Rosa Luxemburg Jul 2012 #2

It would be a 100% tax on income earned above a set value. Sirveri Jul 2012 #4

Thom Hartmann has suggested that up to the first billion, Cleita Jul 2012 #5

I think they should be taxed at 100% starting at 5 million Rosa Luxemburg Jul 2012 #6

Then sieze their stateside assets. Sirveri Jul 2012 #7

I remember in the 90's when Jello Biafra suggested a Maximum Wage on "Politically Incorrect" quispquake Jul 2012 #3

Nah, we just need to add a few more tiers. MrSlayer Jul 2012 #8

We need to model it after France... Comrade_McKenzie Jul 2012 #9

I totally agree with that. Blue_In_AK Jul 2012 #10

One person working gets a ONE bedroom apt., not a 2 bdrm apt. Iworked for min. wage Honeycombe8 Jul 2012 #11

What we need is a wealth tax. (That really makes the Repugs howl!) reformist2 Jul 2012 #12

What would happen Fembot Jul 2012 #13

Good point - we are dealing with a global system. PETRUS Jul 2012 #14

The real wealth in this country doesn't come from "wages" n/t DefenseLawyer Jul 2012 #15