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    „Genug ist genug“: Sanders und Khanna schlagen Milliardärssteuer vor, um 4,4 Billionen US-Dollar einzusammeln

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    3. JeffSteinMusic on

      We could have it so much better. The answer is right here and it’s so simple.

      All we need is a society *that actually gives a shit*.

      It’s just amazing to me that some would find an urge to be contrarian with that sentiment when, between Republican voters, non-voters, and third party voters, 70% of our free-willed grown-ass adult public absolutely did not bother to show up for good governance and good public policy last time around.

    5. ChapterChoice4873 on

      This is absolutely fantastic.  I hope some groups organize all of us to press every Congress member to pass this legislation.  I hope lobbyists are pressured to hammer down and force this through.  I hope Newsom’s phone never stops ringing until he’s on the right side of this issue.  What the hell is he thinking? 

    7. GreatGojira on

      It’s funny when the subject of taxing millionaires, billionaires, or trillionaires comes up their immediate reaction is to threaten to leave.

      If they don’t want to pay their fair share then they should leave.

    8. kalamazoo43 on

      If you were going to raise taxes on BILLIONAIRES ONLY, Republicans would say Democrats are going to raise their taxes.

    9. phoenix14830 on

      The common reaction is that millionaires, billionaires, and trillionaires would leave. It’s not like they are spending the money anyway. They collect money to compete for high score, not to spend it. So, having them out of the pool plugs the hole the money is spilling out of.

    10. Accomplished-Head449 on

      It’s over 10 years, but it’s better than what these asshats pay now

    11. Visible_Expert9673 on

      I’m telling you, we only need to eat one billionaire and redistribute their wealth, and the rest will fall in to line.

    12. Everythings_Fucked on

      Do that shit when the dems have the majority if you want to impress me. Right now it’s just bread and circuses.

    13. ZebraImaginary9412 on

      Since I can’t write to either Senator Sanders or Representative Khanna, I hope a staffer is reading Reddit posts.

      Please follow George Washington’s Carriage Tax example. It’s a wealth tax and it got passed, has been constitutional for over two centuries. And the 21st century equivalent of the carriage is the private plane. Tax that in every way possible, increase the existing fees by 10x or 50x.

      Don’t bother with another IRS rule; the billionaires hire brilliant loophole finders.

    15. Alternative_Ad3512 on

      Forgive me for not being more politically literate, but how can we get this on the ballots nationwide? Seems like if it were up to the people it could easily pass

    18. cjw2019 on

      Need to make sure we also need to get a handle on the insider trading for all political officials

    19. yarash on

      I can’t imagine a scenario where the rich willingly give up that much money. It doesn’t physically exist anyway.

    21. Floreat_democratia on

      Their threat to leave is 100% bogus, because if they did leave, we would have democracy again. So it’s a lie. By the way, they have been fighting this since the 1910s, IIRC. So it’s always been a baseless threat.

    22. braille_lover_5555 on

      And make it so that the return of $ from these billionaires fund social and health programs for low income people and families.

    23. chickenricebroccolli on

      Would be nice if Sanders did something useful.

      This isn’t gonna get passed

    24. Andreas1120 on

      So kill the goose that lays the golden egg in exchange for covering the deficit for 3 years. Not sure if thats a good idea.

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