Big Idea: To Fight Inequality, Link Worker Pay to Corporate Taxes

[RainDog]

4. Germany's tax rate

As you notice, Germany's tax rate is far higher than Greece's.

Belgium's is even higher. Both of these nations are among the wealthiest in Europe and have full social safety nets for citizens, universal health care, job retraining, labor participation on corporate boards... they also have smart, ambitious people who hit it big, have more than one home, help their children by giving them homes (I've seen this in both of these nations with people I know in both of them), and yet... they are the shining examples of what to do.

hmmm.

I don't think you have a valid argument.

Any rich person who wants to leave America should go, if they don't want to pay taxes. And not be allowed to return because they have demonstrated their lack of patriotism. It's more patriotic to pay taxes than it is to wave a fucking flag and call for tax breaks.