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clarice

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35. Huh?

Reply to MadDAsHell (Reply #34)

Tue May 3, 2016, 02:43 PM

May 2016

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We should tax and tax and tax and tax and tax the 1% ... [View all] Scuba May 2016 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel May 2016 #1

Apparently 'fabulously wealthy' is not good enough for our 1%. USA! USA! n/t pampango May 2016 #2

It could definitely be to their own advantage in the long run Glorfindel May 2016 #3

Let's ALL be taxed like that... MadDAsHell May 2016 #4

If we ended "Empire USA" and brought the troops home, $$$ would be available... Moostache May 2016 #6

I'd like to agree but politically it's a non-starter to say "I want this but I'm not willing to pay" MadDAsHell May 2016 #21

I see the point there, but I also view it as a counter-weight to the meme Moostache May 2016 #24

Fair enough, agree with you there; starting with endless wars! nt MadDAsHell May 2016 #33

They have skated by without paying for 30 years! Dustlawyer May 2016 #5

Since they've hoarded most of the money mountain grammy May 2016 #7

Reagan's junta eased us... ReRe May 2016 #13

A rising tide lifts all boats edhopper May 2016 #8

There's a honkin' big hole Plucketeer May 2016 #10

There is a law of diminishing returns, here... malthaussen May 2016 #9

So the issue isn't paying for social goods...you just don't like wealth. brooklynite May 2016 #11

Where did he say that? n/t Gore1FL May 2016 #12

Perhaps Iterating "Tax and" 5 Times Gives Some Pause ProfessorGAC May 2016 #14

The original poster said nothing about "social goods." Neither did you. Gore1FL May 2016 #18

maybe not hfojvt May 2016 #20

No Disagreement ProfessorGAC May 2016 #23

I am all for the punitive part. sofa king May 2016 #25

J.K. Rowling profited from for-profit wars? brooklynite May 2016 #29

Not quite. sofa king May 2016 #30

That's laughable NobodyHere May 2016 #37

I think the other thing is true too though hfojvt May 2016 #26

Please quote the part of the OP that led you to take that away from it. nt ChisolmTrailDem May 2016 #16

That's right... ReRe May 2016 #15

That "Democrat" was likely a member of the one percent. SammyWinstonJack May 2016 #27

Well, I guess, Sammy... ReRe May 2016 #28

Or we could just eat 'em. Iggo May 2016 #17

the legendary 1% hfojvt May 2016 #19

Couldn't agree more with that GOPblows431 May 2016 #22

Does that include Lawyers? Celebrities? Musicians? Hedge Fund Mgrs? nt clarice May 2016 #32

Not celebrities or musicians if they're liberals. nt MadDAsHell May 2016 #34

Huh? clarice May 2016 #35

Double standards aren't just for Republicans nowadays. Lancero May 2016 #36

Unfortunately true.nt clarice May 2016 #38

Com'on Scuba.... you don't mean that...that is a very slippery slope. nt clarice May 2016 #31