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Most Americans already pay

artappraiser — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 04:41:51 +0000

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Most Americans already pay wealth taxes, in fact. Property taxes! That's a wealth tax!

Except rich people hold most of their wealth in stocks instead of houses. Why should middle-class people's wealth be taxed more than rich people's wealth? pic.twitter.com/Dzp9lofSWY
— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) January 31, 2019

Besides the subsequent

Flavius — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:04:48 +0000

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Given the subsequent impoverishment chiefly revealed its illusory nature, and the apparent wealth of the over -75s might seem less fabulous if ,say, the richest 2% were isolated - possibly the real conclusion is that everyone else is poorer since 2008.

And always were.

If it makes anyone feel

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:58:29 +0000

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If it makes anyone feel better, as the chart shows, the old and rich will poorer soon enough. The super old and super rich will be much richer, however. Though likely dead.