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OldBaldy1701E

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16. When one allows evil to enshrine itself into one's very society

Reply to KPN (Reply #9)

Sat Apr 30, 2022, 08:28 AM

Apr 2022

And then allows it to convince everyone that it's evils are the greatest thing ever for the greatest people ever...

You get where we are now. Greed is not a partisan issue. Trying to make it so is part of the smokescreen that they enjoy. Greed is not an issue that we cannot correct. But, we won't, because to deny greed is to deny America.

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Billionaires and the 1% are using 'dynasty trusts' to avoid estate and gift taxes -- forever. [View all] ck4829 Apr 2022 OP

We need better tax laws Ferrets are Cool Apr 2022 #1

Yet hyper intelligent lawmakers like Warren and Porter who have the plans that would shut this Celerity Apr 2022 #2

++++++ KPN Apr 2022 #4

i dont even know how this is legal. mopinko Apr 2022 #3

Attorneys, law makers, lobbyists and accountants. That's how. KPN Apr 2022 #6

well, yeah, i do know that. mopinko Apr 2022 #7

That's a question I've been asking myself for going on 40 years. I could write a book on it and KPN Apr 2022 #9

When one allows evil to enshrine itself into one's very society OldBaldy1701E Apr 2022 #16

I don't know how either ck4829 Apr 2022 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author KPN Apr 2022 #5

The French used to have a mechanical solution for this dalton99a Apr 2022 #8

Discouragingly, beginning to think that seems more and more appropriate today. KPN Apr 2022 #10

Dynasty trusts came into being under G W Bush KS Toronado Apr 2022 #11

Come on guys! newdayneeded Apr 2022 #12

Well, when enough people vote to give Democrats enough majority power, Hortensis Apr 2022 #14

The French and Russian aristocracy Turbineguy Apr 2022 #15

I'd like to think I'm pretty plugged in but TheFarseer Apr 2022 #17