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JEB

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9. 90% tax rate over 1 million dollars.

Reply to theHandpuppet (Reply #8)

Sat Jun 28, 2014, 02:16 PM

Jun 2014

Not only would it add $$ to US treasury and slow the growth of already obscenely rich, but would create incentives for putting that money to work, hiring people and building value rather than just hoarding more MONEY. Talk about hoarders with a mental problem.

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What’s the Matter With Eastern Kentucky? [View all] theHandpuppet Jun 2014 OP

Related article: Where Are the Hardest Places to Live in the U.S.? theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #1

Strangely enough My Nephew, the Doctor just moved there to be a help to people. dballance Jun 2014 #2

Thank you for sharing theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #5

Yep, my sister and BIL did a great job parenting! /nt dballance Jun 2014 #17

He sounds like a great guy! A Little Weird Jun 2014 #13

He is a really great person dballance Jun 2014 #16

Yes. Rural poverty is ignored. JDPriestly Jun 2014 #3

worthy of its own thread Skittles Jun 2014 #4

What a wonderful post theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #6

Obscene decadence of a few is the foundation for poverty of the many. JEB Jun 2014 #7

In the process, we've created the American ghettos theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #8

90% tax rate over 1 million dollars. JEB Jun 2014 #9

But could that ever get passed? theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #10

Yeah, it'll pass about as soon as Ike getting re-elected. JEB Jun 2014 #18

I really think a basic income for all citizens is needed A Little Weird Jun 2014 #11

A livable basic income for all Americans would be infinitely cheaper... theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #12

Yes A Little Weird Jun 2014 #14

Just think about how much it costs the entire country... theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #15

Hey, you can always enlist and serve for the glory of the empire, JEB Jun 2014 #19

threads like this restore my shattered, battered, bruised, and bleeding carolinayellowdog Jun 2014 #20

Hey, we're hanging in there with you theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #21