Post B6ZS7Ou2SaFjiU4xfc by ScriptFanix@maly.io
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 (DIR) Post #B6ZRveW6a8XkfRHZIG by stux@mstdn.social
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       My feeling to tax billionaires humble again is getting stronger and stronger. It feels like it could take away some problems from the political spectrum as well, like how a government can be bought as we all saw happen in the US mainly by Musk and a lot on the backgroundPolitics and presidential candidates should not rely or be backed by money but by the peopleSo let’s make it a lot harder, remove the ultra rich
       
 (DIR) Post #B6ZS7Ou2SaFjiU4xfc by ScriptFanix@maly.io
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       @stuxIf it fails there is always the culinary option...
       
 (DIR) Post #B6ZSbwXrwVtukCH04G by tknarr@mstdn.social
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       @stux Yes. First, close the loopholes that allow them to turn capital gains into spendable money without it counting as income. That alone will do a lot to help the problem. Then run the marginal tax rates on high incomes back up to 90+%.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6ZUhGhKdvcqbQMlzk by samiamsam@mastodon.social
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       @stux we could take 90% of their money and they would never miss itthat is how much money they have
       
 (DIR) Post #B6ZaHk4nOL1pujYKNU by kevinrns@mstdn.social
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       @stux Yes I think so.Remove ultra richism. End billionairism. Like "protect against aneurysms" - financial as well as medical. Tax fairly.Robustly.The longest economic boom in history was created by FDR and continued by Truman and Eisenhower. Defeated the Nazis, built the interstate, colleges, homes for soldiers and retired the WWII debt.Economists called the robust tax period "The Golden Age of Capitalism" -- not even ironically.#eu #uspol #cdnpoli #taxWealth
       
 (DIR) Post #B6ZdB5KAIH2PeHG6XQ by kevinashworth@mastodon.social
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       @stux Yes. But we should give them a choice. If they don’t want to pay, there is a much slicier option. 🌶️
       
 (DIR) Post #B6ahgDUcZCeQw2D3jM by aredridel@kolektiva.social
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       @stux @koen_hufkens This. And it may not be financially beneficial, the arguments there go a lot of ways.And we should do it even if it's not. Taxing billionaires is a _political project_ and a good one. It is a decision to have democracy, real democracy.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6ahgDhNnkrLZcBFce by stux@mstdn.social
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       @aredridel @koen_hufkens Remove the massive money flows from politics Presidential candidates should get a fixed amount of money to campaign with and that’s it, no billions for political spam