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A comment on EU-funded report calls for wealth of super-rich to be taxed, not income.

Re:EU-funded report calls for wealth of super-rich to be tax... by okokwhatever on Monday October 23, 2023 @04:50AM (#37983134)
TL;DR: - Everybody in this post is sick of paying taxes - Everybody will pay more taxes in the near future. Period - Rich guys will pay mostly the same taxes in the future - Taxes are collected to repay debt not to sustain a sick society.

Anything else is wishful thinking and academic ideology far away from the real live.

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Re:EU-funded report calls for wealth of super-rich to be tax... by Trow83949 on Monday October 23, 2023 @04:57AM (#37983184)
You are missing the point.

EU has about 200 billions EUR in frozen assets of Russian oligarchs. Those money are ripe for taking, but EU needs justification. Taxing it over several years seems like a good strategy. It is not like they can move it to Dubai...

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Re:EU-funded report calls for wealth of super-rich to be tax... by okokwhatever on Friday November 03, 2023 @04:01AM (#38125778)
Good point
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