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Originally Posted by host
Now, politically, the will is there to make the wealthy who mostly backed the disaster of total republican party control, pay reparations, and, they're ambition and greed has caused so much damage to the formerly balanced budget vs. revenue scheme in place in Jan. 2001, and to foreign relations and middle east security, that I doubt, even if we taxed them at a 100% capital gains and income rate, the damage that they've sponsored could be undone to Jan. 2001, levels.....
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I maintain that when you are rich enough to buy the government and steer it in directions that you see fit....to lower your own taxes, to even entertain the elimination of inheritance taxes, and to fund the possibility, and then continue to sponsor a "collection" like the Bush white house and the Tom "the hammer" Delay congress, and their political agenda, you are rich enough to pay dramatically increased taxes, and you deserve to pay them.
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You seem to be advocating indirect forced reparations paid by wealthy people whose lobbying choices brought about a less than ideal political situation. Do I have that right?
If so, I just don't agree. The idea strikes me as a dangerous club just as easily wielded by the right when they hold control. I really dislike the idea of punishing people with the force of government for how they choose to influence the political process. To put it bluntly, I'd rather not sink to their level (assuming even that they, the wealthy, are uniformly guilty of such abuses). This whole idea strikes me as too much of an eye for an eye mentality, and a broad, careless version at that.