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antigop

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8. absolutely! K&R nt

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Sat May 11, 2013, 04:51 PM

May 2013

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Let's Tax Offshore Wealth [View all] Octafish May 2013 OP

Let's tax wealth. Make them invest it in something useful or take it back. nt bemildred May 2013 #1

SOSO since 1981... Octafish May 2013 #10

we need a maximum wealth People Power May 2013 #22

Yes, I like that, put a limit on it, it could even be pretty high. bemildred May 2013 #25

Hear Hear, Sir! The Magistrate May 2013 #2

Outstanding suggestion, Sir! Octafish May 2013 #14

I've often thought that.... Wounded Bear May 2013 #3

How about a Virtual War? Octafish May 2013 #17

We need a billionaire's nightmare inheritance law combined with a wealth tax on corporations. Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #4

And also fix the tax loopholes in inheritance laws that lets those estates escape capital gains tax cascadiance May 2013 #9

We should, and are completely free to do so, scrap the entire tax code and replace it with Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #11

Absolutely! Octafish May 2013 #18

Let's just take it all from them. If it ain't here in the US then fuck them! L0oniX May 2013 #5

Outstanding! Octafish May 2013 #19

Which "We" can do this? Bannakaffalatta May 2013 #6

Weren't "tax shelters" ways that taxes created jobs? zbdent May 2013 #7

absolutely! K&R nt antigop May 2013 #8

Seize their assets - redistribute them n/t leftstreet May 2013 #12

And I agree. timdog44 May 2013 #28

We've had the list since Clinton's admin. They sued Visa & MC and WON elehhhhna May 2013 #13

K&R nt abelenkpe May 2013 #15

Damn straight. truebluegreen May 2013 #16

So I guess this mean y'all are ready for a socialist revolution? socialist_n_TN May 2013 #20

We are ready for a socialist reform, not revolution. bemildred May 2013 #21

We'll see...... socialist_n_TN May 2013 #23

So you want to give up, or are your spreading the alarm, or what? bemildred May 2013 #24

I'm a communist........ socialist_n_TN May 2013 #26

OK. bemildred May 2013 #27

Revolutions ARE difficult and, for most people, a last resort...... socialist_n_TN May 2013 #29

My pleasure. bemildred May 2013 #32

Thank you...... socialist_n_TN May 2013 #34

Make them think twice: 150% tax on every dollar stored off shore. Initech May 2013 #30

We might be able to replace some school roofs and have airconditioning Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #31

+1,000 malaise May 2013 #33

If the money is offshore for the purposes of evading taxes, then there ought to be Mr. David May 2013 #35

Gee, gang...welcome to the rational side. What took you so long? BanTheGOP May 2013 #36