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pangaia

(24,324 posts)
18. OMG !! That is the best thing ANYBODY has wriotten on the ole DUer in years !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 04:43 PM
Jan 2019

Shit, man, how did you do that >>

make an OP every other day !!!!

send to CNN
MSNBC
'FOX, yeah Fox,
NBC CBS ABC XYX NY tines, WaPo LA Timnes, Boston Globe BALT SUN,,


That was an awesome rant. alwaysinasnit Jan 2019 #1
The wealthy need to pay a yrly tax on their wealth,on stcks, bonds,wealth held in Banks. onit2day Jan 2019 #72
Great rant Johnny2X2X Jan 2019 #2
Righteous Rant! NT Adrahil Jan 2019 #3
Indeed, an awesome rant. I love the blurb about wealth taxes and that we need on the ... SWBTATTReg Jan 2019 #4
Spot on Traildogbob Jan 2019 #21
bingo mercuryblues Jan 2019 #48
K/R moondust Jan 2019 #5
I have been using that analogy as well exboyfil Jan 2019 #6
K&R for some truth ProfessorPlum Jan 2019 #7
WOW! Great post KT2000 Jan 2019 #8
Well done! send this to the papers as an oped, more people need to read it Perseus Jan 2019 #9
Thanks! It's amazing, isn't it? They spout this fake analogy of a 'socialist' country every day TrollBuster9090 Jan 2019 #14
It's a Socialist country about as much as Nazi Germany was Socialist bigbrother05 Jan 2019 #22
Sadly, the talking heads DON'T push back on the Nazi claim. Not on Fox, anyway. TrollBuster9090 Jan 2019 #25
The socialist label is only dragged out by those distorting the truth. Lonestarblue Jan 2019 #36
I second this. Send this on! crosinski Jan 2019 #71
Love it ZeroSomeBrains Jan 2019 #10
A socialist government closer to home . . . the military. pdsimdars Jan 2019 #11
Also, the military is very close to being a meritocracy. TrollBuster9090 Jan 2019 #13
You also cannot speak freely. JayhawkSD Jan 2019 #57
Good post. Goodheart Jan 2019 #12
fANTASTIC! montanacowboy Jan 2019 #15
One of the BEST POSTS EVER! BamaRefugee Jan 2019 #16
KR NT ProudProgressiveNow Jan 2019 #17
OMG !! That is the best thing ANYBODY has wriotten on the ole DUer in years !!!!!!!!!!!!! pangaia Jan 2019 #18
MSNBCNNBCBSABCFOX ... aggiesal Jan 2019 #39
LOL pangaia Jan 2019 #42
+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #19
Capital gains is more like 35 1/2% in CA (including Federal tax) for high incomes BSdetect Jan 2019 #20
I'm not familiar with California (other than the fact that it's a fantastic State), but I checked TrollBuster9090 Jan 2019 #28
Where have you been? or rather, where have I been ??? pangaia Jan 2019 #35
Excellent rant!! AllyCat Jan 2019 #23
Let me be another one weighing in on how awesome your rant is. llmart Jan 2019 #24
Excellent rant! ananda Jan 2019 #26
K&R K&R Kurt V. Jan 2019 #27
Great and pertinent rant! burrowowl Jan 2019 #29
Excellent yonder Jan 2019 #30
Thom Hartmann talked about this property tax issue on his radio show today, too eleny Jan 2019 #31
Another comparison is homestead exemption csziggy Jan 2019 #32
And that's why 0.05 percenters should not be even considered for President. paleotn Jan 2019 #33
Excellent! Copying. Duppers Jan 2019 #34
well said. nt Maru Kitteh Jan 2019 #37
Great post, but I think I'm misunderstanding something. Captain Stern Jan 2019 #38
This post is fantastic oberliner Jan 2019 #40
K & R highly! LiberalLovinLug Jan 2019 #41
K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Jan 2019 #43
Good Point and buzzroller Jan 2019 #44
I'm aghast at this 2% tax on residential real estate, BobTheSubgenius Jan 2019 #45
A person owning a $850K home can't afford $17K? TexasBushwhacker Jan 2019 #73
That argument doesn't make sense,since Bloomberg pays property taxes, too. Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #46
Look at the big picture buzzroller Jan 2019 #47
Well,no. That's not true...I think. Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #49
A wealth tax would be a tax on all assets - cash and investments marylandblue Jan 2019 #50
He pays taxes on his ownership of the business.... Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #63
It's not complicated at all marylandblue Jan 2019 #64
It is complicated. Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #66
Really it is that simple. In fact it's accounting 101. marylandblue Jan 2019 #67
Oh, pleeez. Who is going to do all that valuing? The college grad IRS agent? Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #68
We already have an inheritance tax marylandblue Jan 2019 #69
When I first did tax returns in the early 80's in Ohio there was a personal property tax. wasupaloopa Jan 2019 #51
That was fantastic. AJT Jan 2019 #52
I paid mine today. efhmc Jan 2019 #53
Exactly! TomSlick Jan 2019 #54
Bookmarked! summer_in_TX Jan 2019 #55
"... in fact it eats up about 20% of my net income..." WhiteHat Jan 2019 #56
It was the state and local governments taxing your wealth. JayhawkSD Jan 2019 #58
Great rant, except for the last three paragraphs. SunSeeker Jan 2019 #59
a poignant post, as I sit here trying to figure out how the hell I'm going to pay property tax anarch Jan 2019 #60
This is a great post malaise Jan 2019 #61
This is the best thing that ever read....maybe ever!!!!!, Ninga Jan 2019 #62
Good points. calimary Jan 2019 #65
And every year when I renew my car registration, marybourg Jan 2019 #70
just change TAX to...fees/registration SoCalDem Jan 2019 #75
I live on SS alone, and my prop taxes are 4K a year SoCalDem Jan 2019 #74
Well said.... doompatrol39 Jan 2019 #76
if you have a mortgage you are paying on the part the bank still owns also scarytomcat Jan 2019 #77
I'm all for taxing the rich into oblivion. Joe941 Jan 2019 #78
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