hedgehog
If taxing the rich means they won't work as hard to make more money, then isn't it time to tax the hell out of them?
Look, rich people trying to make even more money has brought us disaster from the Hunt Brothers trying to buy up all the silver in the world to Bernie Madoff. In Bernie's case, not only was he trying to become even richer, but he was able to run his scheme for so long because other people wanted to become richer! (Although he also took out a lot of pension funds and small investors in the process!) Rich people trying to get richer brought us Microsoft. Rich people getting richer turned Walmart from a regional chain specializing in American made goods to a behemoth that turned us into a dumping ground for China. When rich people try to get richer, their efforts inevitably distort the market. Having so much purchasing power in the ands of so few isn't that different from the planned economy of Soviet Russia. One mistake is devastating. So I say, take care of that problem by taxing the rich!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5414331
People wanting to "get rich" (primitive speak for working hard which might result in making large sums of money) also brought us the modern-day transportation industries, the energy industries, modern medical procedures and medications, home applicance industries, and the overwhelming majority of daily comforts we take for granted.
And what's this grievance with the primitive about the "planned economy of Soviet Russia?" With gov't heavily regulating (when not completely nationalizing) all industry, national healthcare, ensuring 100% employment, and behaving like the same "democratic socialism" (planned economy) the kook libs have been seeking to have happen in the USA, the former USSR should be hailed as their model.
The stupid is strong with the hedgehog primitive.
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