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In reply to the discussion: Houston, we have a problem. [View all]live love laugh
(13,414 posts)80. I wonder the very same things.
Wealth hoarding is still hoarding. Many of them are definitely very sick people.
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I admire your measured optimism. It's what we need more than anything these days . . .
Journeyman
May 11
#63
a perfect brilliant common sense quote for a time of fake news, cult worship, and pessimism
MadameButterfly
May 11
#75
Warren's wealth tax would barely cover a months worth of our annual Deficit, much less do anything about Debt or
Silent Type
May 10
#31
The solution is a Financial Transaction Tax - read Ellen Browns article below to understand it.
airplaneman
May 10
#57
Would love for us to find a tax that would pay for everything. But Brookings says a 0.1% FTT would raise $80 B
Silent Type
May 12
#85
I'm just trying to share information here. The Brookings article is talking about FTT on Stock Trades only
airplaneman
May 12
#89
Info and other viewpoints are fine. If there is some relatively painless magical way to fund our needs, I'm all for it.
Silent Type
May 12
#90
And until they sell their assets (and pay capital gains tax) that wealth is paper value.
brooklynite
May 10
#47
Income tax policy to at least stop the flow, keeping the imbalance from getting worse.
paleotn
May 10
#20
I've been saying serious for years and it's gotten worse. It's unsustainable. It won't last. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 10
#9
That's the short plot line of "Don't Look Up" and also of the "Left Behind" series.
erronis
May 10
#39
So true. And I've talked with people that object to higher-end tax rates with the same logic as lower-end tax rates.
byronius
May 10
#58