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kestrel91316

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2. No. It's is what we call "ill-gotten gains".

Reply to reformist2 (Original post)

Sat Jul 6, 2013, 01:07 PM

Jul 2013

IMHO it should be seized and used to fund social services and single payer healthcare.

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Is the wealth the 1% made from destroying our jobs and moving them offshore rightfully theirs? [View all] reformist2 Jul 2013 OP

No. Safetykitten Jul 2013 #1

No. It's is what we call "ill-gotten gains". kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #2

No. And we CAN get it back. Octafish Jul 2013 #3

"Simple: Levy a modest withholding tax on untaxed private offshore loot." xtraxritical Jul 2013 #41

The Answer Is No - As To People, How Many Honestly Think Versus Parrot Their Masters cantbeserious Jul 2013 #4

No. Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #5

Hell, we are given the carte blanche to take more. Bonhomme Richard Jul 2013 #6

Excellent. Now we're getting somewhere. It's not just Americans. Zorra Jul 2013 #7

No. And this is why they squeal like pigs Catherina Jul 2013 #8

Short answer - NO WovenGems Jul 2013 #9

Wait until the TPP is foisted upon us. nt silvershadow Jul 2013 #10

No, not even close. Lizzie Poppet Jul 2013 #11

I think we should tax it at a top rate of 90%, like we did under Eisenhower. nt SunSeeker Jul 2013 #12

NO! This is the type of question that makes the 1% itchy and nervous... Raster Jul 2013 #13

Exploitation of America's consumers while laying them off. 90% tax needed ErikJ Jul 2013 #14

No. They raid and capture social welfare, while externalizing costs and paying no taxes. on point Jul 2013 #15

No. It's a sociopathic crime and their gains are tainted by their culture of corruption. byeya Jul 2013 #16

well, legally, yes it is ellennelle Jul 2013 #17

They send money The Wizard Jul 2013 #18

I don't think so and I believe we have a right to make them give it back, Cleita Jul 2013 #19

great, tell that to the govenment that helped them do it in the first place markiv Jul 2013 #29

I know. But I was answering the question. The solution to the dilemma is near impossible. n/t Cleita Jul 2013 #32

espeacially when the government has a log of every phone call markiv Jul 2013 #37

The argument Crow73 Jul 2013 #20

WOW BobbyBoring Jul 2013 #21

hell no RainDog Jul 2013 #22

Your second paragraph woo me with science Jul 2013 #31

It's a quote from this link RainDog Jul 2013 #38

No, but... Jessy169 Jul 2013 #23

Is the wealth the 1% made from destroying the Earth just? Coyotl Jul 2013 #24

the government helped them do it markiv Jul 2013 #25

Only if we Vote for it. n/t orpupilofnature57 Jul 2013 #26

A nice, hearty "hell no" NuclearDem Jul 2013 #27

No. Its just a different kind of slavery. Moostache Jul 2013 #28

Goddammit Duer 157099 Jul 2013 #30

The government works for them Blecht Jul 2013 #33

Nope. n/t NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #34

Yes, and so is the money gifted to them by the Fed & Treasury kenny blankenship Jul 2013 #35

Fruits of the war on the Middle Class. lpbk2713 Jul 2013 #36

If they are selling their crap back into the U.S. then no. GoneFishin Jul 2013 #39

Not only no but Tribalceltic Jul 2013 #40

This is my fantasy! MoreGOPoop Jul 2013 #42

+10000000000!!!! Initech Jul 2013 #44

Hell no! It was stolen from us! Initech Jul 2013 #43

Government is totally complicit imv and simply refuses to even levy a fair indepat Jul 2013 #45

And the millions of homes that were stolen from folks. reusrename Jul 2013 #46

Tragedy of the Commons bluedeathray Jul 2013 #47