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Johonny

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7. Tax rich people instead

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2024, 03:55 PM

Mar 27

No matter what you tax them, they complain, so tax them more. They'll still be rich even at higher rates, still complain, but poor people will get to retire because they deserved to just as much as CEOs.

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America's retirement age of 65 is "crazy," BlackRock CEO says [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 27 OP

Make the cap at least a couple of million and case closed. flying_wahini Mar 27 #1

I hope he has a good hiding place. flying_wahini Mar 27 #2

I would suggest Aussie105 Mar 27 #3

Says the man who never had to work on his feet all day in sickness and in health Hekate Mar 27 #4

That number from way back when can go up... lame54 Mar 27 #5

To him, we are cogs in a machine. The machine uses us until we wear out, and then replaces us with another cog. Midnight Writer Mar 27 #6

Tax rich people instead Johonny Mar 27 #7

He's right. It should be 55. DavidDvorkin Mar 27 #8

I don't take advice from billionaires, never did. spanone Mar 27 #9

The number hasn't been 65 for years. I retired 4 years ago -- at 66. rsdsharp Mar 27 #10

I just started collecting SS last month Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 27 #12

Born in 1957? rsdsharp Mar 27 #13

Yep Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 27 #14

Technology will continue to displace much of today's labor. Thunderbeast Mar 27 #11