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buzzycrumbhunger

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1. 5% seems pretty low...

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2026, 11:16 PM

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I much prefer the numbers I see floating around saying anything over $X is tax—as in the oligarchs should fund everything for the rest of us. You’d think they’d pay happily if the alternative is that we eat them.

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5% seems pretty low... buzzycrumbhunger Tuesday #1

Minimum mandatory income tax. multigraincracker Tuesday #2

We need to go back to the taxation policies of the Eisenhower administration Rhiannon12866 Tuesday #3

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Thanks, Uncle Joe! Rhiannon12866 Tuesday #5