Taxes & the Oligarchs
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Anonymous
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There should not be billionaires. It’s not good for society. The billionaires should be taxed until they’re multimillionaires. Billionaires should become extinct.
Change my mind. |
Anonymous
| Why would we want to change your mind? Nobody should support the massive power that a billionaire has over our society. Billionaires should not be allowed to exist. It will inevitably lead to social collapse or violence. |
Anonymous
| I agree with you...but good luck getting that accomplished in a system where politicians rely on the donations of billionaires to get themselves re-elected. |
Anonymous
| Billionaires have distorted everything about our country and society. |
Anonymous
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The world will be better without them. Off with their heads, I say!
At least the evil billionaires of 100 years ago built libraries and schools to try to get into heaven. This new crop wants to tear everything down in the name of their capitalist god. I hate them. |
Anonymous
| It’s hard to argue. Some of them have so much money it’s sickening. How much money do you need? I really don’t have an issue with them being wealthy and living luxurious lifestyles, but there comes a point where it’s obscene |
Anonymous
| Get money out of politics. |
Anonymous
| So you advocate Communism? |
Anonymous
+10000. Billionaires will become trillionaires as long as the current two major political parties are in power. |
Anonymous
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I think they’re terribly dangerous in their ability and desire to reshape the world. If only they would use their money for good. Some like Warren Buffett and Bill Gates have pledged to give away more than 50% of their money to philanthropic causes (the Giving Pledge). Notably, Musk, the richest and most evil of them, have not.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giving_Pledge |
Anonymous
There comes a point where the gap is too wide to support a capitalist society. You know there are more options other than a handful of people owning 95% of the wealth or communism. |
Anonymous
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Pass a citizens United that gets through the court system.
There should be a significant inheritance tax for anything over XX million dollars, tagged to inflation. I am not going to suggest what the XX number should be, but there should be no reason that people who save for their families cannot pass it along, but how much is enough? 10 million? 50 million? 99 million? Certainly something less than billions and billions. |
Anonymous
No, I just think taxes should be extremely high for billionaires so that we don’t have them. This isn’t communism, which is state control of the means of production. |
Anonymous
| I agree. And I don't care if you call me a democratic socialist. |
Anonymous
This line used to work but the masses are starting to wise up. |