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In reply to the discussion: Reframing wealth: I don't know WHY Democrats don't say this [View all]DFW
(54,454 posts)22. Just zapping everything without considering consequences is what we usually see.
The German exemption, contingent on the five years continued employment and tax base is pound wise and emotional-voter foolish. Some people think taxing anything in sight is always the right thing to do, no matter what the consequences. The Germans have publicly financed elections, and the parties are not subject to modifying tax codes purely to satisfy the whims of some group of donors. A calculator does not react to feel-good "get 'em!" political whims, and untold thousands of Germans who kept their jobs because of it are no doubt relieved that that is the case. Their tax collectors are happy, too, because they take in more money that way. Germany is currently running a surplus, by the way.
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You don't hear it because the liberal media has really been the conservative press all along. nt
Baltimike
Feb 2019
#1
Sounds smart (the German tax plan)...sounds like they avoid the hype around elections and ...
SWBTATTReg
Feb 2019
#21
My biggest issue with focusing on wealth distribution is if we took all the wealth from the upper
Hoyt
Feb 2019
#5
I think it's the inequality of taxing income versus unearned income, as well as estates. ...
SWBTATTReg
Feb 2019
#23
Understand. That's why I think some tax should apply. My point is that a wealth tax is not
Hoyt
Feb 2019
#27
True. But I think it's time for a master plan, rather than a piecemeal approach that
Hoyt
Feb 2019
#30
OK, but that is usually a conservative tactic to prevent anything from happening.
LakeSuperiorView
Feb 2019
#31
Piecemealing it is is "total chit" too, if you want to straighten things out and get to doing
Hoyt
Feb 2019
#32
If we wait for a total solution, we'll be sitting here forever with nothing done.
LakeSuperiorView
Feb 2019
#33
It's far greater than 'wealth restoration', it's about being controlled by corporate power.
YOHABLO
Feb 2019
#13