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A group of US billionaires is calling for a wealth tax

Discussion in 'Political Opinions & Beliefs' started by Durandal, Jun 25, 2019.

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  1. cd8ed

    cd8ed Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Yeh, so serious that is is on track to have spent more time away from office than any other president by a factor of two. So serious that he works less than 5 hours a day. So serious that his administration has been a virtual revolving door of corruption and incompetence.

    If you are going off of Forbes revising his net worth down over a billion dollars:
    The magazine identifies three main factors affecting Trump’s income and businesses:

    So basically his net worth has dropped because he is a shitty human being; a numerous times bankrupt adulterous, liar that has only been propped up by the work of others thorough various inheritances.
     
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    Easy to do when you're money's off shore.
     
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    "A group of US billionaires is calling for a wealth tax"

    cause they know if America crashes economically, it hurts them too... only the greedy billionaires woudl be against this

    at 20 Trillion in debt, we need to start paying down the debt - get out of the middle east, create a war tax that goes into effect anytime we go to war - stop passing this cost on to our children
     
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  4. cd8ed

    cd8ed Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Trump has had six corporate bankruptcies.
    So it was all of it is opinion and now it’s all of it but one item, which is it? What else “isn’t true”
     
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    There's nothing stopping them from giving ALL their money away to poor people.
     
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    Are you telling us that Trump donating his salary is all he donates in a given year?
     
    Jestsayin, Jun 25, 2019
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    There is a problem with the extremely wealthy being able to buy the politicians we elect, but I don't see how giving those politicians more money is going to fix that.
     
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    Somehow something just seems rotten. Cannot quite put a finger on it but George Soro's, and others, didn't get rich by paying taxes... Somebody is going to get screwed and it isn't George.
     
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    They should feel free to donate as much as they want to the government as a voluntary tax.
     
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    If they truly believe that they aren't paying enough taxes, they should stop taking tax breaks. The feds are happy to take every dollar of it.
     
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    Are you worried about them taking your billions?
     
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    Show me his books.
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    Well, actually, if you mowed your lawn every week, I'm sure that some neighborhood man would be told by his wife to cut his lawn more often. He might influence another, and you'd probably end up with half the neighborhood mowing the lawn all week. And all of this without a government forcing you to.

    So get started on that lawn......
     
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    perdidochas, Jun 25, 2019
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    We are speaking of his donation of the presidential salary, I figured it would be assumed and carried into further discussions.

    So no. The super wealthy all use massive donations to offset taxes while gaining favor with those organizations.
     
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  16. struth

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    All but one, one was just incorrect.
     
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    I provided a link.
     
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    There is a cap on what you can deduct for charity
     
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    I'm sure it's just their way of helping the democratic nominee win the Presidency. All those multi-billionaires wanting to be taxed even more than they already are is a great advertisement for the socialist vote. If Trump loses, there won't actually be a wealth tax.
     
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    Trump lost money?? Prove it.
     
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    I provided the link
     
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    Then provide evidence to the contrary. There's a reason that Trump doesn't want his taxes release...cause then people might realize he lied about his net worth.
     
    rcfoolinca288, Jun 25, 2019
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    How am I suppose to provide evidence to your opinions on him?

    Your tax returns don’t show your net worth
     
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    Not if I don’t request it. Not sure where you are getting this information, have you not filled out a 1040? What am i contradicting?
     
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    Nothing is stopping them from giving ALL of their money to the poor.
     
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