return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agoPoll: More than 60% of middle class say they’re ‘struggling financially’ and are not expecting things to turn around for the rest of their liveswww.thehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1579arrow-down112
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minus-squareHubertManne@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 months ago50% would be fine but it should apply to all income including investments, gifts, etc. maybe let inheritance be amoritized over 10 years or something.
minus-squareHegar@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·5 months ago100% death tax on all assets over $1m excluding a single house. That my final offer. There’s no justification for a birth lottery that awards democracy-warping levels of wealth to whoever had the evilest parents.
minus-squareBlackrook7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·5 months agoI like this idea but it should be something like 5 to 40 million. Somewhere in there.
50% would be fine but it should apply to all income including investments, gifts, etc. maybe let inheritance be amoritized over 10 years or something.
100% death tax on all assets over $1m excluding a single house. That my final offer.
There’s no justification for a birth lottery that awards democracy-warping levels of wealth to whoever had the evilest parents.
I like this idea but it should be something like 5 to 40 million. Somewhere in there.