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Old 10-18-2011, 12:46 PM   #4
Happy Monkey
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Originally Posted by henry quirk View Post
And, if by some wild chance, the 'occupants' get their way and the 'rich' are restricted to, say, ****100 million (with every dollar above that going to those in government) then those rich folks will downsize. They will close plants, terminate divisions, fire the asses of huge numbers of folks, and make damned sure they never rise above 99 million in accumulated wealth.
There is no proposal from the 'occupants' or elsewhere that would limit accumulated wealth. There's not even any proposal that would limit income. Even if the top tax bracket was 99%, a $100 raise would give you another dollar.
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