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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: michael97123 who wrote (404459)8/5/2008 12:19:34 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (2) of 1575611
 
Michael, I remember having a similar argument over the 1% tax for people making over a million a year in California. The money would go toward mental health programs.

The defense for such an obvious soaking of the rich consisted of the usual arguments:

a) The rich can afford it.
b) Don't you care about the health and well-being of your fellow citizens?

Not surprisingly, the tax passed. This was years ago. Surprisingly, though, more "millionaire taxes" haven't been pushed through the initiative process yet. I thought if something as mundane as mental health can justify a "millionaire tax," then so can just about everything else, from education to roads to wildfire protection.

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