• ✺roguetrick✺
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    700 people having a net worth of over a billion and 700 people making half a billion a year are very different.

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      Dividends for some of those billionaires can pay out over 500mil easily. Hide money however they want, we need a wealth tax no matter how it’s sliced.

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        I’ve been saying it.

        Every year, we should take the wealthiest person and reclaim 50% of their assets. Congrats, you’ve scum sucked enough blood out of people, we’re taking 50% of it back. We’ll build a “This year’s biggest winner” statue in your honor with some of the funds.

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          also prevent people from getting that rich in the first place. new tax brackets: 50% for every dollar over a million. 75% for every dollar over 10 mil. 90% over 50mil. and 100% over 100mil. congrats that’s the high score. maxed out.

          also make ALL INCOME to count as income, not just direct payment.

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          Make the size of the statue inversely proportional to the number of people employed by those assets.