Bernie Sanders Would Tax The Income Of The Wealthiest Americans At 90 Percent

[davekriss]

108. For every good rich person...

...who plows some of his money back in to good causes, there are probably dozens in Texas who don't. They're more likely to plow it into some right winger's campaign, a candidate who will protect their wealth and augment their ability to make more. Some buy media to mollify the minds of the many into believing this is the best of all possible worlds, the only natural and therefore benevolent arrangement of affairs. It is not.

I MUCH rather we tax your friend's wealth and democratically decide to educate our young. I rather we don't leave it to the philanthropy of the few. We should not leave it to the whims of a rare, kind autocrat but instead take our futures into our own hands.

I much rather we decide for ourselves - democratically - to stop strengthening the very rich and instead strengthen ourselves.