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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
You nailed it, Comrade. All wealth should be equally shared among all people, amirite?
Otherwise, I'm with the vast majority - play stupid games and all that.
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I know communism doesn't work and I know why, but the philosophy behind it certainly isn't evil.
I like capitalism, but I'm very supportive of punitive tax brackets to prevent extreme wealth and extreme wealth hoarding. Play with these numbers however you want, but let's call over $1 million/year in a 50% tax bracket and over $2 million a year in a 70% tax bracket, and anything over $5 million a year in a 90% tax bracket or something. You'd still have incentive to get rich, but after a certain point there's just no point in making more and you start sharing that wealth.
Or throw in a death tax for estates worth over $100 million or something. That allows you to get and enjoy extreme wealth, pass down extreme wealth, but once you die everything over $100 million is taxed at 90% and goes into the public purse. That's a far cry from putting everyone in a tenement and making them buy a Lada.
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Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube
But that's what I mean, after that initial 'awe' phase it's like... now what. If we had cool Star Trek spaceships and transporters and could fly places and explore things, of course it would be amazing. As it is, the only thing there really is to do there is get home as soon as possible before it finds a way to kill you.
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That's when you start the bangin'.