SHOULD WE EAT THE RICH...?
THAT IS TAX THEM TILL THEIR EYES CROSS...?
I SAY YES...
AMERICA IS IN DANGER OF HAVING A PERMANENT "OVER-CLASS" OF MEGA-RICH WHO ARE MORE INTERESTED IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY ....THAN IN THE DOMESTIC AND LOCAL ECONOMIES OF AMERICA...WHERE MOST AMERICANS LIVE!
THE ESSENCE OF MODERN CAPITALISM WAS ANTI- IMPERIAL...AND ANTI-ARISTOCRATIC...
INDEED THE ENTIRE 20TH CENTURY WAS SPENT RIDDING THE WORLD OF THIS "OLD ORDER."
EUROPE AND RUSSIA AND MOST AS ASIA WERE BURDENED WITH OLD LAND OWNING ARISTOCRATS...WHO WERE A WET BLANKET ON THE PRIVATE CAPITAL ECONOMY SINCE THE MIDDLE AGES...
I DON'T THINK WE CAN REVERT TO THE OLD MEDIEVEL ECONOMY WERE WEALTH WAS CONCENTRATED AT THE TOP... AS IT BECOMING NOW...YET AGAIN.
IF THE TAX RATE NEEDS TO GO TO 90% ON INCOMES ABOVE SAY...FIVE MILLION...JUST DO IT...!!
ANYONE MAKING THAT KIND OF MONEY IS "GAMING" THE SYSTEM ANYWAY...
OR DEFRAUDING IT...!!
TAX RATES MUST BECOME VERY "PROGRESSIVE" AGAIN...
AND THE US HAS TO REVERT BACK TO THE POLITICAL MENTALITY OF THE 1930'S TO THE 1970'S....
WITH MORE CONCERN ABOUT "WE"...ISSUES...
AND LESS ABOUT THE "ME" AND THE "GREED IS GOOD" 80'S ...
AND THE WALL STREET REPUBLICAN AGE OF LOOTING AND BUBBLES....
ALAS...NOW ENDING ...VERY BADLY...!