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   Scout to Skeeter   
   Re: Kamala's stupid "TAX THE BILLIONAIRE   
   10 Oct 24 09:49:52   
   
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   From: me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net   
      
   "Skeeter"  wrote in message   
   news:670703e0$1$3068689$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com...   
   > In article , bax02_spamblock@baxcode.com   
   > says...   
   >>   
   >> Attila  wrote in   
   >> news:jmndgjtok5hdbii7vgj0snvg9uaph6k0d0@4ax.com:   
   >>   
   >> > On Wed, 9 Oct 2024 18:57:32 -0000 (UTC), Baxter   
   >> >  in alt.atheism with message-id   
   >> >  wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> >>Attila  wrote in   
   >> >>news:o9gdgjpgf57h60tgth968vucalfjmp6kli@4ax.com:   
   >> >>   
   >> >>> I keep wondering how this unrealized capital gains will   
   >> >>> work.  If I bought a stock for $10,000 and it is now worth   
   >> >>> $8000.00 can I claim a $2000 capital loss?   
   >> >>>   
   >> >>We're not talking about taxing your puny $10K - we're talking about   
   >> >>Billionair$ .  Your wealth is not a mountain, it's not even a molehill.   
   >> >   
   >> > There is a bit of a problem.  If you take the entire wealth   
   >> > of every billionaire it would not be nearly enough to come   
   >> > close to paying the current national debt.  Add in the   
   >> > multi-millionaires and it wouldn't help a lot.   
   >> >   
   >> And yet a handful (like 6) of Billionairs have more wealth than 50% of   
   >> the   
   >> US.   
   >   
   > So?   
      
   Well, it's not even true.. they couldn't even cover last years deficit much   
   less this year's so once we have stripped them of their wealth and   
   politicians have pissed it away.. who do we blame/tax next?   
      
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