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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (111648)	8/30/2011 2:30:02 PM
From: chartseer	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224707

Sounds like a progressive wealth tax. Any assets over a billion taxed 100%. After all when Eisenhower was president there was a 90% income tax on individuals even though no individual ever paid it.

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (111648)	8/30/2011 2:32:33 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 224707

Don't forget....if the Billionaires give ALL but I Billion of their wealth....it's not even a drop in the bucket in the entire year's budget.....AND if they give their entire wealth, then what will happen the following year...and all the years after that..... Who will create the new companies? and therefore: Who will create the new jobs? So here's how much these billionaires could give and still have $1B left Gates - $53B Buffet - $44B Bloomberg - $17B Page (google) - $14B Brin (google) - $14B Soros - $13B Zuckerberg - $12B Jobs - $5B Schmidt - $4B Geffen - $4B Lucas - $2B Spielberg - $2B That is $170 billion dollars that could be applied to debt principal. And it wouldn't inconvenience these fat cat billionaires at all. Why wait until death, give now!