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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI am not opposed to anyone becoming a billionaire.
I just want billionaires to pay their fair share of taxes.
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I am not opposed to anyone becoming a billionaire. (Original Post)
RandySF
Oct 2019
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zeusdogmom
(1,142 posts)1. Exactly!!!!
Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)2. ppl becoming so disproportionately rich is the root of many of our problems
Among them, I suspect some talented, hard-working people may develop a sense of low self-worth since "the system" values them so much less than some of their fellow (equal) humans, in some cases tragically leading to opioids and suicide.
Nobody needs a billionaire dollars. Nobody needs billionaires.
Somebody needs to undo the past 40 years of "trickle-down" Reaganomics and other self-serving Republican garbage.
at140
(6,264 posts)3. Actually pay much HIGHER rate taxes than middle class ..eom
I_UndergroundPanther
(13,374 posts)6. The greedy create the needy
We do not need billionaires. We would do fine without them.
I do not think anyone deserves to be that rich no matter what they do or inherit..no one needs a billion dollars. No One.