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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yes. If we lived in another reality, and there was a true progressive about to pass a 100% tax on all wealth over a billion dollars, Warren would be showing is true colors very, very quickly. It's easy to say the right thing on this because he knows he'll never have to pay a dime more than he does right now.

He's a dragon among 700 or so other dragons sitting on unimaginable wealth that he will never spend in his lifetime. He deserves nothing but disrespect.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

It's easy to say the right thing on this because he knows he'll never have to pay a dime more than he does right now.

And it's easy to make sweeping statements based purely on hypotheticals and your own assumptions. In our reality, he's one of the biggest advocates for raising his own taxes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

about to pass a 100% tax on all wealth over a billion dollars

Here's the first sentence of that article that you didn't read:

A 70% marginal tax rate. A 77% estate tax. A 3% tax on every dollar over $1 billion of net worth.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It doesn't matter.

He can say anything, anything at all, because he knows tax laws are never going to change.

His words are completely inconsequential apart from serving as good PR.

ABAB

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

serving as good PR.

Why would Buffet need "good PR"? He's a trader who just buys and sells shit all day. If anything, something like this would be bad PR as rich people wouldn't want to invest in his companies.

ABAB

I agree, but I feel you're just swinging at the air here.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Seems like you make your own reality