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Re:To Understand Rising Inequality, Consider Janitors by lend000 on Sunday September 03, 2017 @02:15PM (#15162913)
Easier said than done -- not all wealth is liquid. What if someone has all their wealth in one or two real estate properties? Or a family heirloom gem collection which is worth a lot but which they refuse to sell (and otherwise are not wealthy)?
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Re:To Understand Rising Inequality, Consider Janitors by jhayward on Sunday September 03, 2017 @05:02PM (#15163894)
Easy, you do what is done with senior citizens who owe property taxes. The taxes accumulate without being paid and are collected when the property is transferred to an inheritor or buyer.
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