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    Default Make Billionaires Pay Act introduced by Crazy Bernie

    this is the 1st time and last time i'll say this: thank God i'm not a billionaire

    source: CNBC

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    I'm actually OK with billionaires paying more.
    Don't be afraid to see what you see

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guille View Post
    I'm actually OK with billionaires paying more.
    You Commie Bastard!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack View Post
    You Commie Bastard!
    Hey man, I didn't create Western Civilization, I just live in it.
    Don't be afraid to see what you see

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    They won't. They'll just change how they do things or move where they don't have to pay.

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    Quote Originally Posted by T. A. Gardner View Post
    They won't. They'll just change how they do things or move where they don't have to pay.
    Yeah, yeah. Billionaires have always been saying that if their taxes are raised, they'll leave America. They never do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StoneByStone View Post
    Yeah, yeah. Billionaires have always been saying that if their taxes are raised, they'll leave America. They never do.
    I thought it was actors who did this?
    Don't be afraid to see what you see

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guille View Post
    Hey man, I didn't create Western Civilization, I just live in it.
    You want a man that has a 1,000 million, to give up a Million, and then has only 999 million to try and survive on.
    It's people like you that want to destroy America.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack View Post
    You want a man that has a 1,000 million, to give up a Million, and then has only 999 million to try and survive on.
    It's people like you that want to destroy America.
    Put the whiskey down...wait 2 hours and then try again.
    Don't be afraid to see what you see

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    Quote Originally Posted by StoneByStone View Post
    Yeah, yeah. Billionaires have always been saying that if their taxes are raised, they'll leave America. They never do.
    Well, they left France when the government there tried it.

    For a long time, France has been known for its extremely high tax rate policies that forced well-known millionaires, such as Gérard Depardieu (actor) and Bernard Arnault (the director of the luxury company LVMH) to leave the country and look for tax shelters in tax-friendly places. It is estimated that, only in 2015, around 10.000 millionaires left France for tax purposes. Also, the French income tax of up to 45%, which is one of the highest in the world, has triggered an exodus of high earning financiers and caused serious harm to the investment image of the country.
    https://nomoretax.eu/france-wants-ba...endly%20places.

    And New York just figured out the same thing... Governor Cuomo is begging them to come back because the state is hemorrhaging tax revenue.

    “I literally talk to people all day long who are in their Hamptons house who also lived here . . . or in their Connecticut weekend house, and I say, ‘You gotta come back,’ ” he related. He even offered to cook dinner.

    No luck; they’re not returning. Instead, they’re thinking: “If I stay there, I pay a lower income tax, because they don’t pay the New York City surcharge,” he added.
    https://nypost.com/2020/08/05/andrew...eing-new-york/

    So, there's every reason from history to believe you try and soak the rich they'll either avoid paying or simply leave for more tax friendly shores.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guille View Post
    I thought it was actors who did this?
    Bitch about paying more taxes? Maybe in private, but in public they usually support it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by T. A. Gardner View Post
    Well, they left France when the government there tried it.
    France has probably the highest tax rate in the world for the 1%. America never went that high and probably never will.
    Don't get me wrong, if we started taxing the rich at like 99%, some of them might leave. But with the amount Bernie wants to tax them, it wouldn't be enough to make them leave.

    And New York just figured out the same thing... Governor Cuomo is begging them to come back because the state is hemorrhaging tax revenue.
    Yeah, billionaires will leave the state, but they never leave the country. They just threaten to.
    UBI should be done at the federal level, anyway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by T. A. Gardner View Post
    Well, they left France when the government there tried it.



    https://nomoretax.eu/france-wants-ba...endly%20places.

    And New York just figured out the same thing... Governor Cuomo is begging them to come back because the state is hemorrhaging tax revenue.



    https://nypost.com/2020/08/05/andrew...eing-new-york/

    So, there's every reason from history to believe you try and soak the rich they'll either avoid paying or simply leave for more tax friendly shores.
    Isn't it ironic that the Rolling Stones moved to the South of France to escape UK swingeing taxes in the 70s, how times change!

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    Quote Originally Posted by trumpsexual View Post
    this is the 1st time and last time i'll say this: thank God i'm not a billionaire

    source: CNBC
    Bezos reportedly made a killing just from COVID. Billions an billions of dollars and yet it's a drop in the bucket. You could probably feed every child in America for months on end and still have enough to upgrade plenty of our electrical grids with that drop in a bucket.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bourdeaux Nights View Post
    Bezos reportedly made a killing just from COVID. Billions an billions of dollars and yet it's a drop in the bucket. You could probably feed every child in America for months on end and still have enough to upgrade plenty of our electrical grids with that drop in a bucket.
    you should confiscate his wealth for the common good by usury taxes

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