Modeling a Wealth Tax

Re:Modeling a Wealth Tax by kuzimoto on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @12:01PM (#24200314)

Capitalism has done more to lift people out of poverty than any other system in human history, so it's got that going for it.

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Re:Modeling a Wealth Tax by vidarh on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @02:20PM (#24202214)

Marx wrote something almost to that effect in the Communist Manifesto. About half the first chapter is intense praise for the advances brought by capitalism.

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Re:Modeling a Wealth Tax by pinkfoot on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @01:23PM (#24201453)

Actually that title belongs to the CCP.

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Re:Modeling a Wealth Tax by kuzimoto on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @01:34PM (#24201598)

"China's Economic Success Proves the Power of Capitalism"[0] My point still stands.

[0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/rainerzitelmann/2019/07/08/chin...

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Re:Modeling a Wealth Tax by kwhitefoot on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @12:55PM (#24201072)

Billionaires are not necessary for capitalism.

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Re:Modeling a Wealth Tax by eanzenberg on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @01:16PM (#24201364)

I wouldn’t be surprised if billionaires are a one of the many reasons people want to immigrate to America.

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Re:Modeling a Wealth Tax by kuzimoto on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @01:07PM (#24201229)

I never said they were. I believe they are merely a symptom of it.

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