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Re:Berlin buys thousands of apartments from corporate landlords by bombcar on Saturday September 18, 2021 @10:42AM (#28576626)
Iirc the first income tax targeted a very small number of individuals- maybe just Rockefeller or something, as nobody else qualified.
Re:Berlin buys thousands of apartments from corporate landlords by asdfasgasdgasdg on Saturday September 18, 2021 @12:40PM (#28577481)
I believe it, although at least then it's still targeting a class that others might enter. I do also believe that there's a fundamental difference between income taxes and wealth taking in this regard, in that one is retroactive and the other isn't.