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Bernie Sanders: government should confiscate all wealth over $999 million
American Thinker ^ | 05/01/2023 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 05/01/2023 6:44:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

No billionaires at all! Not American ones, at least. That’s the newly proclaimed policy of Bernie Sanders, who most definitely is not challenging the Democrats to nominate him for president in 2024, as he did in 2020. Nope, Bernie is perfectly comfortable with the policies being followed by President Biden’s handlers.

Presumably, in exchange for not rocking the boat as he did in 2020, forcing the party’s controllers to pick an already senescent Joe Biden just because he was easy to control with all these bribes that could be exposed when needed (cough! Stay tuned as Biden’s desire for re-election now appears to be a kamikaze mission), Bernie has assurances that the hard left vector will continue no matter who is leading the party as presidential nominee in 2024.

Watch as Bernie defines ”enough” to Chris Wallace of CNN:

WALLACE: “Sir, you’re saying that billionaires should not exist. So, are you basically saying that once you get to $999 million, that the government should confiscate all the rest?”

SANDERS: “I’m saying that we should go back to a very progressive tax policy like what we had under Dwight D. Eisenhower.”

WALLACE: “Which would mean that — that — over a billion, basically it all goes to the government?”

SANDERS: “You may disagree with me, but — fine, yeah, I think people can make it on $999 million.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: berniesanders; billionaires; communist; confiscation; kook; parasite; taxes; vermont
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To: SeekAndFind

Would you care to buy some confiscated stock?

No! How would I know that it will not subsequently be confiscated from me?


41 posted on 05/01/2023 7:05:05 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: SeekAndFind

The stupid burns.

Confiscate, then what? There won’t be any billionaires producing jobs and wealth for the government to tax.

Confiscation is only a one-time deal. Afterward, no person in his/her right mind would be interested in accumulating wealth.

The leftists are so jealous of those who become wealthy. That jealousy makes them greedy.

Of course, the jealousy-greed factor is greatly responsible for the thousands fleeing blue states and moving to red states.

To paraphrase Margaret Thatcher: ‘Socialism is great until you run out of other peoples’ money.’


42 posted on 05/01/2023 7:06:30 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: SeekAndFind

That wouldn’t leave Joe with any supporters...


43 posted on 05/01/2023 7:07:25 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: SeekAndFind

Would hurt the Democrats far more than the Republicans.


44 posted on 05/01/2023 7:08:17 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: Yo-Yo

That happened to some degree in European countries such as Britain and France.


45 posted on 05/01/2023 7:09:21 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: SeekAndFind

How about the government just seize the second and third homes of politicians.


46 posted on 05/01/2023 7:10:42 AM PDT by farmguy ( )
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To: SeekAndFind
It all sounds so crazy that we ignore him.....but....wait until they mandate gov't controlled crypto-currency.

Then they'll just move the maximum amount over 3 places.....to $999,999.00...

47 posted on 05/01/2023 7:11:30 AM PDT by G Larry ( DEI = Division + Erroneous Indoctrination)
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To: Yo-Yo

Interesting you should mention voting with your feet. I’ve noticed that every Democratic plan is predicated on everything staying exactly as it is right now. Their new policy, generally for taxes, but there are other things like water rights, will not affect anything else. Therefore, we can easily multiply out the results and we’ll get X amount of additional income. And, it has never, never worked out as planned. Why is that? Because the economy is not numbers. It is thousands, millions of people who make individual decisions based on their own best interests. Numbers are like a receipt that reflect what the people did. I can’t recall which blue state that was unable to raise taxes so they made the new tax voluntary. The support for the new tax was just shy of fifty percent so you’d think that a lot of people would pay the voluntary tax. After several years no one had yet paid the voluntary tax. I’m guessing the people who voted for the tax believed that they would not be affected by it.


48 posted on 05/01/2023 7:14:19 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s time BS went “home.” He’s a crazy old coot. Never worked a day in his life.


49 posted on 05/01/2023 7:14:33 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (We didn't have all this violence when we had God in our schools and AMERICA WAS GREAT!)
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To: SeekAndFind

But first all wealth and assets over $500,000 should be confiscated from anyone getting a US Government paycheck.


50 posted on 05/01/2023 7:15:28 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: BANANA REPUBLIC!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Capitalism - The rich become powerful.
Socialism - The powerful become rich.


51 posted on 05/01/2023 7:16:42 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SeekAndFind

The people should confiscate all politicians wealth above and beyond their salaries...


52 posted on 05/01/2023 7:23:51 AM PDT by databoss
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To: C210N

And where does that stop? How much spoil has Sanders taken? He is a hypocrite.


53 posted on 05/01/2023 7:34:37 AM PDT by Machavelli (True God)
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To: SeekAndFind

Of course his idea does pose a problem. Many billionarie’s assets are in stocks and very liquid wealth. The government is going to confiscate those assets that can easily be moved off-shore. Also, what would happen to those asset prices once the confiscation started? Drop in value suddenly.

As pointed out, after the Russian Revolution all private property was abolished. So hundreds of thousands of individually owned business were eliminated and never re-opened. And of course GDP fell.


54 posted on 05/01/2023 7:34:51 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: C210N

How about 90% of his value?


55 posted on 05/01/2023 7:39:41 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It ( )
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To: C210N

Bernie’s the government, hence he gets it all.


56 posted on 05/01/2023 7:42:08 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It ( )
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To: SeekAndFind
Bernie Sanders: Government should confiscate all wealth over $999 million.

Fixed it for you. The government will never stop at any number. Just like the original top income tax rate was 3%. They fully intend to seize it all.

57 posted on 05/01/2023 7:45:02 AM PDT by Natty Bumppo@frontier.net (We are the dangerous ones, who stand between all we love and a more dangerous world.)
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To: dfwgator

Crony capitalism—the few rule the many.

Socialism—the few rule the many.

Fascism—the few rule the many

Communism—the few rule the many.


58 posted on 05/01/2023 7:49:45 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: Bob434

I think they should collect Bernies brain to study it for deformities.


59 posted on 05/01/2023 7:54:16 AM PDT by oldasrocks (quew)
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To: oldasrocks

I think they are just gonna find a dried up walnut in there


60 posted on 05/01/2023 7:57:32 AM PDT by Bob434 (question )
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