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9. OK, so using Warrens 2% tax on over 50M, you STILL wont get nearly enough

Sun Oct 27, 2019, 06:48 PM

Oct 2019

You may get 2-300 billion. Nowhere near the 3-4 trillion everything desired costs.
EVERYONE has to pay more. Thats all there is to it

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Warren's wealth tax would solve economic inequality, says economist Gabriel Zucman [View all] bluewater Oct 2019 OP

I'm for a wealth tax. Turin_C3PO Oct 2019 #1

Great! I am tired of paying property taxes on my home. bluewater Oct 2019 #3

Cute, but flawed & unrealistic in so many ways. oldsoftie Oct 2019 #2

Don't forget the payroll taxes for Social Security. bluewater Oct 2019 #4

"the rest of the population pays 25-30% of their income in taxes" bluewater Oct 2019 #6

You are forgetting another major tax source bluewater Oct 2019 #10

You are MOST welcome!!! And thank YOU oldsoftie Oct 2019 #11

You need to show some math on those numbers. bluewater Oct 2019 #12

Well, i just estimated how much of the 31T covers the "over 50M" crowd. oldsoftie Oct 2019 #13

We used to invest in our society at large Turbineguy Oct 2019 #7

No it wouldn't dsc Oct 2019 #14

Well overdue! WobblyDem Oct 2019 #17