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In reply to the discussion: Note To Bloomberg: Like A Lot Of People, I Own A House. And Every Year I Have To Pay... [View all]JayhawkSD
(3,163 posts)57. You also cannot speak freely.
There are limits on who you can criticize publicly, and what you can say about them. You cannot get tatoos on certain parts of your body. You are even told what to wear. Changing jobs is next to impossible, and you have very littl say in where you live.
Don't get me wrong. My father was a career Air Force officer, I served as a whitehat in the Navy, and I loved every bit of it, but utopia it is not and it is by no means everyone's cup of tea.
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Note To Bloomberg: Like A Lot Of People, I Own A House. And Every Year I Have To Pay... [View all]
TrollBuster9090
Jan 2019
OP
The wealthy need to pay a yrly tax on their wealth,on stcks, bonds,wealth held in Banks.
onit2day
Jan 2019
#72
Indeed, an awesome rant. I love the blurb about wealth taxes and that we need on the ...
SWBTATTReg
Jan 2019
#4
Thanks! It's amazing, isn't it? They spout this fake analogy of a 'socialist' country every day
TrollBuster9090
Jan 2019
#14
Sadly, the talking heads DON'T push back on the Nazi claim. Not on Fox, anyway.
TrollBuster9090
Jan 2019
#25
OMG !! That is the best thing ANYBODY has wriotten on the ole DUer in years !!!!!!!!!!!!!
pangaia
Jan 2019
#18
Capital gains is more like 35 1/2% in CA (including Federal tax) for high incomes
BSdetect
Jan 2019
#20
I'm not familiar with California (other than the fact that it's a fantastic State), but I checked
TrollBuster9090
Jan 2019
#28
Oh, pleeez. Who is going to do all that valuing? The college grad IRS agent?
Honeycombe8
Jan 2019
#68
When I first did tax returns in the early 80's in Ohio there was a personal property tax.
wasupaloopa
Jan 2019
#51