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Tax the rich! (Original Post)
onecaliberal
Feb 2024
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Fichefinder
(189 posts)1. Tax the rich until they can't afford to influence politics
Rhiannon12866
(212,669 posts)2. Eisenhower had the right idea.
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RANDYWILDMAN
(2,776 posts)3. We have a government that caters
to wealth and the wealthy at the expense of the majority of us.
Income inequality is the quietest epidemic of my lifetime
Nululu
(882 posts)4. To decrease the money supply to fight inflation
Why increase fed rates instead of simply increasing taxes to decrease the debt.
multigraincracker
(33,253 posts)5. Tax wealth
not wages.
We need a Federal property tax.
redqueen
(115,160 posts)6. We need a wealth tax
Unless we're just ok with oligarchy. we need it ASAP
onecaliberal
(34,421 posts)7. This! We're not even talking about it.
Theyre okay that moms and kids sleep in cars or worse in California.
redqueen
(115,160 posts)8. It is baffling