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In reply to the discussion: Is this Philosophy? [View all]

Voltaire2

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9. Estate taxes are wealth taxes.
Thu Jan 9, 2020, 10:01 AM
Jan 2020

If your complaint is with a wealth tax, you did not make that clear. Yes the Warren proposal might require an amendment. Or not, opinions are divided. Don’t care either way, but obviously an amendment is more difficult to enact.

I’m fine with all the billionaires fleeing to Monaco. The businesses that made them billionaires are obviously not going there. Nor will they be able to move all their taxable wealth.

This weeping for the poor put upon billionaires is absurd.

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