• Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      This is an interesting idea. Not as much about billionaires, but about how regions race to the bottom to attract investment. Just like major sports franchises get insanely good tax treatment by moving or threatening to move theier team. Each city tries to give the better deal.

      The idea that if the local gov doesn’t collect, the federal will should mostly put an end to that kind of thing. Ensuring that local governments get the funding they need.

      Something like this, but just for business tax would be absolutely huge for US cities. It would also mean teams would go where the fans are, and businesses would go where the employees are.

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      4 hours ago

      Being a millionaire is a drastically different situation than a billonaire. Anyone can reasonably save a million dollars over their life, or have that much in retirement accounts.

      It’s when you have billions in solid assets you start to developed unregulated power

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      5 hours ago

      Remember that when you say that some group doesn’t have human rights you have willfully chosen to put yourself in the group of people that includes the worst of humanity.

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        2 hours ago

        That sounds like a full on liberal take.

        The truth is some simply are parasites and not human. All they deserve is a relatively painless and quick death. Millionaires are among those just like landlords, politicians and journalists.