Post AVstnBMeKMw97VeSpc by JorgeStolfi@mas.to
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 (DIR) Post #AVstUsu4E6GqeTYcqG by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
       2023-05-21T15:53:52Z
       
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       Here's my plan. Confiscate the assets of everyone with a net worth over a billion dollars to bring them down to a billion dollars. If they complain, bring them down to a million dollars. If they complain again ...
       
 (DIR) Post #AVstnBMeKMw97VeSpc by JorgeStolfi@mas.to
       2023-05-21T15:57:07Z
       
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       @lauren https://mas.to/@JorgeStolfi/109944260034902873
       
 (DIR) Post #AVsuaIOixwsl7j2cJk by JasonPerseus@mas.to
       2023-05-21T16:05:59Z
       
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       @lauren "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Billionaires Edition"
       
 (DIR) Post #AVsubsuggggCfEkWkC by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
       2023-05-21T16:06:02Z
       
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       We can call it the "Triple-Zero Plan".
       
 (DIR) Post #AVsxZGSoyEFChN9orQ by simi_kc@mastodon.social
       2023-05-21T16:39:22Z
       
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       @lauren how about starting with the folks making the billionaires possible? Start with Congress...
       
 (DIR) Post #AVt6SdTrtYD7e1Yr3o by iamlayer8@mastodon.social
       2023-05-21T18:19:04Z
       
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       @lauren If it is true that they are rich because they can perform so well, it shouldn’t be that big a problem. They can easily do it again. They even have the connections they might not have had before. So it should even be easier the second time.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVt9BHUmgLiQOkPE92 by karlauerbach@sfba.social
       2023-05-21T18:49:18Z
       
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       @lauren There is a bit of legal difficulty in that many have their assets distributed into a complex and international graph of trusts, strange "insurance" policies, LLCs, and shared corporations so that it is difficult to comprehend who is the "beneficial owner" of an asset.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVt9EpTIofFadrP9NY by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
       2023-05-21T18:50:04Z
       
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       @karlauerbach I didn't say it would be easy.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVt9RvCioWSoBZtNGi by karlauerbach@sfba.social
       2023-05-21T18:52:25Z
       
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       @lauren Yes, difficult.  But your idea of truncating wealth above $1B per human is worthwhile.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVvixRY0UuUSBZXB0C by i_understand@mastodon.social
       2023-05-23T00:39:48Z
       
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       @lauren Should that apply that to the Government also? So anytime the Government collects (through taxes, confiscation, whatever) more than a billion dollars the excess is immediately distributed to all citizens.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVvlMoWSPiyUab2Cps by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
       2023-05-23T01:06:47Z
       
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       @i_understand Governments have financial obligations, spending, and economic patterns that are entirely different from individuals. So, nope.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVvmxmYOnQQp9V8Oki by i_understand@mastodon.social
       2023-05-23T01:24:42Z
       
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       @lauren That's pretty vague, the Government's revenue didn't even exceed a billion dollars until 1917.The Government has infinitely more power over people's lives than even the richest person or private group ever will, what makes the billion an individual has with their limited power worse than a billion in the hands of the Government?As a nation we were much more concerned over national power than we were over individual riches. And the fact is there are billionaires all over the world.