Tax the rich -- do it now -- Start with me

Friday, January 24, 2025

Multi-millionaire Dale Vince, a green energy industrialist and campaigner, points to America as a warning: "Across the Atlantic, we see more clearly than ever what happens when the extreme wealth of super-rich men becomes an attack on the public good"

Posted by retort at 08:16 AM | 7 COMMENTS | permalink

Tax the rich - do it now. Start with me | Dale Vince

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-- The Guardian (@theguardian.com) January 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM

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Oh noes....it's much more important to starve the poor and elderly than make the 1% pay a nickel more.

It's what Jesus wants.

#1 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-01-24 10:09 AM

The last round of tax cuts proved that tax revenues when up when they were enacted. Problem is always the same, when revenues go up Washington finds a way to spend it all.

#2 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-01-24 12:34 PM

The last round of tax cuts proved that tax revenues when up when they were enacted. Problem is always the same, when revenues go up Washington finds a way to spend it all.

Posted by fishpaw at 2025-01-24 12:34 PM | Reply

Your ignorance is showing. Sam Brownback proves that wrong.

#3 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-01-24 12:37 PM

"The rich don't pay their fair share" argument is so tiring, especially coming from Biden when his son skipped out on a million. Jeff Bezos paid 1.4 Billion in personal income taxes, that's not enough?

#4 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-01-24 12:42 PM

The rich don't pay their fair share" argument is so tiring, especially coming from Biden when his son skipped out on a million. Jeff Bezos paid 1.4 Billion in personal income taxes, that's not enough?

Posted by fishpaw at 2025-01-24 12:42 PM | Reply

Big whoop. Only 1.1% of his total wealth.

#5 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-01-24 12:46 PM

#5 I'm sure you demand a lot more from the Federal government than he does.

#6 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-01-24 12:50 PM

The last round of tax cuts proved that tax revenues when up when they were enacted. Problem is always the same, when revenues go up Washington finds a way to spend it all.

#2 | Posted by fishpaw

How has the middle class been doing since reaganomics was introduced?

#7 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-01-24 01:30 PM

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