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TBF

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2. Main point is that there is plenty of money in this country
Wed May 23, 2012, 11:14 PM
May 2012

so that all could live quite comfortably - no reason for the top 400 families to be hoarding most of it.

Redistribution is most commonly done by taxing and I would suggest starting by reversing the cuts to capital gains taxes that we've had the past 30 years. That alone would bring in tons of revenue. I don't think anybody would really expect it to be done overnight, just food for thought ...

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