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Re:Economists Are Rethinking the Numbers on Inequality by sokoloff on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @10:41AM (#21703082)
Exactly. Tax the capital that those other bastards have. My house? Oh, that’s totally different.
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Re:Economists Are Rethinking the Numbers on Inequality by CharlesColeman on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @03:07PM (#21706359)
> Exactly. Tax the capital that those other bastards have. My house? Oh, that’s totally different.

So, progressive taxation, basically?

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Re:Economists Are Rethinking the Numbers on Inequality by refurb on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @06:26PM (#21708293)
No, not taxing someone who saw a $500,000 gain in their house is kind of the opposite of progressive.
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