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Topic: Tax the super rich, or a face a revolution.

Anonymous A started this discussion 15 years ago #3,708

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Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 hour later[^] [v] #67,285

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psychopath !PAHVpsycho joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #67,296

Tax everyone and every corporation at 15% so we Americans can get free healthcare, dammit! Stop wasting money on pointless wars and pointless laws and pointless regulations!

Gil joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 0 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #67,297

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Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #67,298

@67,296 (psychopath !PAHVpsycho)

> Tax everyone and every corporation at 15%
The top 1% owns half the wealth, they can afford to pay more than 15%.

psychopath !PAHVpsycho replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #67,299

@previous (A)
That is very good, since we will get much more state revenue from the rich.

Nega !34Kas0OdzM joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 hour later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #67,313

#TinyBBS ate the precious post.#
Oh well, carry on.

hamfist !!PRJFHZ7kb joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 7 hours later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #67,513

@67,298 (A)
> The top 1% owns half the wealth
Source?

dreamworks4mayor '11 !Ep8pui8Vw2 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 4 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #67,517

How much is tax in America?
Here it is like 20-50% or something.

Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 34 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #67,547

Lol, not happening.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 17 seconds later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #67,548

@67,513 (hamfist !!PRJFHZ7kb)
I was a bit off. Globally the top 1% owns 40% of the wealth, and in the U.S. the top 1% owns 38% of the wealth. I've heard higher rates, but it's not the easiest thing to calculate as people hold wealth in more than just cash, and you would have to appraise all of their real estate, securities, etc.

My point is still valid, they can afford to pay a lot more than they pay now.


From Wikipedia
> A study by the World Institute for Development Economics Research at United Nations University reports that the richest 1% of adults alone owned 40% of global assets in the year 2000, and that the richest 10% of adults accounted for 85% of the world total. The bottom half of the world adult population owned 1% of global wealth.[10] Moreover, another study found that the richest 2% own more than half of global household assets.[11]

From Wikipedia
> In the United States at the end of 2001, 10% of the population owned 71% of the wealth and the top 1% owned 38%. On the other hand, the bottom 40% owned less than 1% of the nation's wealth.[13]

And of course you can always check Wikipedia's sources if you wish as well.

@67,517 (dreamworks4mayor '11 !Ep8pui8Vw2)
Depends on your income bracket. GE, Bank of America, Google, and many others did not pay taxes because they found loopholes and tax havens. A movement just started trying to get them to start paying taxes again: http://usuncut.org/

(Edited 22 seconds later.)

dreamworks4mayor '11 !Ep8pui8Vw2 replied with this 15 years ago, 10 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #67,558

@previous (A)
Yes, I know, that's the case in the netherlands too. What's the highest taxrate in the US?

Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 hours later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #67,673

whaaaaa I'm a fucking loser with an entitlement complex, give me free stuff so I don't have to take responsibility for my own life whaaaaaaaaaaa


fucking babies. get a fucking job.

brie !OudrPWaUDQ joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 8 hours later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #68,006

@previous (I)
OP said to tax the super rich, not to ridicule them.

Also, stop projecting.

Mister Misanthrope !NPN/W33CeE joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 6 minutes later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #68,007

Why don't we just pull the plug on civilization so all of the welfare leeches either fend for themselves or die?

!34Kas0OdzM joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #68,046

@previous (Mister Misanthrope !NPN/W33CeE)

> Why don't we just pull the plug on civilization so all of the welfare leeches either fend for themselves or die?

Because nobody but a minority wants that.

龍 !!QijJMUvCq joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 6 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #68,101

Set taxes at 10b-10% where a is equal to one's income and b is the (likely decimal) exponent when a is written in the form of 10^b.

Anonymous I replied with this 15 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #68,171

@68,046 (!34Kas0OdzM)

If pulling the plug on welfare meant that millions of parasites would die, I'd be all for it.
Cleaning up the bodies of the poorfags would also be a good job creating program, thus employing more people.
Everyone wins.

fuck the poor. fucking die, you're good for absolutely nothing.

Anonymous N joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 55 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #68,203

@previous (I)

Civilisation would collapse, money would have no value. We'd all be poor then you fucking moron.

Nega !34Kas0OdzM joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 41 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #68,231

@68,171 (I)
You're not about to walk away unscathed, sorry bro.

Anonymous I replied with this 15 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #68,266

boo fucking hoo, someone worked harder and has more so of course let's just take it from him instead of earning it ourselves.

civilization wouldn't collapse, poorfags would have to actually contribute something to civilization other than being a fucking drain on the productive.

do the world a favor and kill yourselves, poorfags. we don't need you.

psychopath !PAHVpsycho replied with this 15 years ago, 25 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #68,300

@68,007 (Mister Misanthrope !NPN/W33CeE)
Why pull the plug on civilisation? Why not just pull the plug on Social Security and unemployment benefit instead?

Anonymous P joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 19 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #68,317

@68,266 (I)
your idea is dumb, and no, I'm not a poorfag, lol.
your argument is invalid.

(Edited 39 seconds later.)

Cержа́нт !Bones6oqqQ joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 6 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #68,322

@68,266 (I)
lol

psychopath !PAHVpsycho replied with this 15 years ago, 39 seconds later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #68,323

@68,266 (I)
The problem isn't lazy poorfags, it's that the rich get taxed less than the not-rich.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 2 days later, 3 days after the original post[^] [v] #69,845

@previous (psychopath !PAHVpsycho)
This. Everyone in this thread paid more than GE did last year.

!34Kas0OdzM joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 day later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #70,522

@previous (A)

> This. Everyone in this thread paid more than GE did last year.

There's no way you can know that.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 2 hours later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #70,547

@previous (!34Kas0OdzM)
GE didn't pay taxes. This is public information.
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