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On 10/10/2024 9:28 AM, Scout wrote:
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> "Baxter" wrote in message
> news:ve8r0d$2m8ma$32@dont-email.me...
>> "Scout" wrote in
>> news:ve8pq7$36m8h$4@dont-email.me:
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>>> "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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>> The wealthiest 3 billionaires in the U.S. - Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and
>> Warren Buffett - now have as much wealth as the bottom half of the U.S.
>> population combined.
>>
>> https://inequality.org/great-divide/bernie-3-billionaires-more-wealth-
>> half-america/
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> Gee an organization looking for inequality and that's suppose to be
> neutral..
>
> But let's look at the facts.
>
> Elon Musk: Net Worth Around $200 Billion. ...
> Jeff Bezos: Net Worth Around $195 Billion. ...
> Mark Zuckerberg: Net Worth Around $180 Billion. ...
> Larry Ellison: Net Worth Around $140 Billion. ...
> Warren Buffet: Net Worth Around $133 Billion...
> Bill Gates: Net Worth Around $130 Billion. ...
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> divided among 330 Million people = about $3,000 per person.
>
> So show us the 165 Million people that have less than $3,000 in total
> wealth.
>
>
> Point Set Match..
>
> Rudy, might help if you did some basic fact checking rather than just
> swallowing everything as usual.
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>
>
Beautifully made analysis there, bravo!
$3,000 per citizen...why that won't even buy a cheap FEMA trailer...
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