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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 07:45 PM Original message |
11 things the richest households can buy that you can't |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. The link is off. nt |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. somebody unrecced this |
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3waygeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. Your link is broken... |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Link: |
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Springer9 (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. Ok, so I get that they are obscenely rich |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Simple |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Forget number 2. Just eliminate the capital gains tax |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. You won't be confiscating cash. You will be confiscating businesses. N/T |
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The Big Vetolski (436 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. GOOD! nt |
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ThatPoetGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 09:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. No, you won't. Most of the top 400 earn their money from finance. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Anything can pass Constitutional muster - you just have to buy a few USSC Justices. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Not confiscation of current wealth |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. We don't and that is a good thing |
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The Big Vetolski (436 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. By scrapping the constitution, if we have to, that's how. |
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Springer9 (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I knew there would be a simple soulution |
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The Big Vetolski (436 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. At least you're capable of learning. It's called a Constitutional... |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. I kinda like Thom Hartmann's Rebooting The American Dream: 11 Ways To Rebuild Our Country |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. The problem is that the money isn't just sitting around stuffed in mattresses |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. You honestly believe that hank Paulson |
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Springer9 (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Got it. Factories or Real Estate are exempt from the plan |
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The Big Vetolski (436 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. No, we TAKE it. That is what is coming if this goes on. nt |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. No, I don't think it is. |
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The Big Vetolski (436 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Crap. |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. No they would not have to sell any productive assets |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
18. So then they can afford to be taxed to the max. |
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Synicus Maximus (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
21. If we conficated their wealth it would be about equal to the deficet for one year. |
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whosinpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Aren't they the job creaters? |
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