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BlueStreak

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9. Or to put it another way, does the world really need any more Paris Hiltons?

Reply to Egalitarian Thug (Reply #8)

Thu Sep 20, 2012, 03:24 PM

Sep 2012

We really need to go back and look at what the founders thought about that. Most of them were very much against to propagation of an "old money" aristocracy. What we have today would be abhorrent to most of the founders.

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TENS of TRILLIONS stashed ILLEGALLY in tax havens [View all] Viva_Daddy Sep 2012 OP

And we wonder why our government is in so much debt. Initech Sep 2012 #1

Here's one solution the tax dodgers won't like in the least meow2u3 Sep 2012 #2

What YOU said!. . . n/t annabanana Sep 2012 #5

rAmen to that! nt hifiguy Sep 2012 #7

And please note that when you see the statistics that the 1% are paying a reasonable share BlueStreak Sep 2012 #3

We also get too wrapped up/distracted by income taxes. Wealth taxes is where the money is Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #8

Or to put it another way, does the world really need any more Paris Hiltons? BlueStreak Sep 2012 #9

Mostly just to kick this. It was only about half of the founders, at best. Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #10

Kicking because you're RIGHT.. It's IMPORTANT annabanana Sep 2012 #4

In this area both parties are prtty much the same el_bryanto Sep 2012 #6