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In reply to the discussion: Warren buys full page ad in Adelson's NV newspaper showing how much wealth tax he'll pay [View all]aggiesal
(8,952 posts)25. I don't read it that way ...
To me, it's more like
look at the possibilities that my wealth tax could do
with just one $39.6B billionaire.
Find 49 more, and all states COULD have what she listed.
What I'm afraid of, is that all the wealthy will move their Billions to
off shore accounts to keep from being taxed.
I'd also like to have implemented the micro-tax on every trade done
on the stock market. Something like 0.0001¢ per share of stock traded.
So 100 shares traded would cost 0.01¢ (1 cent)
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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Warren buys full page ad in Adelson's NV newspaper showing how much wealth tax he'll pay [View all]
Dennis Donovan
Feb 2020
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Good for her. She is not going to win the nomination though. Too little too late
redstateblues
Feb 2020
#2
It smacks a little bit of "Vote for me, and your state gets $2.3 billion!"-ism
Rabrrrrrr
Feb 2020
#18
The bigger point is the rich haven't been paying their fair share and if they do,
OMGWTF
Feb 2020
#23
The U.S. market is still big enough that all billionaires want to play in it.
Hermit-The-Prog
Feb 2020
#30
In my line of work, I run into some high-net-worth individuals occasionally.
LudwigPastorius
Feb 2020
#39
"America has always been an Oligarchy and that won't change, even if Dems take the Senate."
LudwigPastorius
Feb 2020
#50