To: demoskowitz
“I think a VAT and a high-end income tax have got to be on the table.”
What’s the plan when the rich decide to pull up stakes and leave this country?
To: Slapshot68
What’s the plan when the rich decide to pull up stakes and leave this country? Well, you see, THAT'S when the government will build "the wall".
4 posted on
05/27/2009 5:41:24 AM PDT by
ClearCase_guy
(We are a ruled people, serfs to the Federal Oligarchy -- and the Tree of Liberty thirsts)
To: Slapshot68
They already are in droves. One guy who is in the business of helping them leave estimates that $1 billion per day is leaving. Even if he is off by half it is a staggering number.
30 posted on
05/27/2009 5:52:12 AM PDT by
mad_as_he$$
(Nemo me impune lacessit (Two terms for politicians, one in office, one in jail.))
To: Slapshot68
What’s the plan when the rich decide to pull up stakes and leave this country? And where are they going to go?
32 posted on
05/27/2009 5:52:52 AM PDT by
Riodacat
(Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus.)
To: Slapshot68
“What’s the plan when the rich decide to pull up stakes and leave this country?”
Sorry you missed the point, there will not be any rich to pull up stakes...
To: Slapshot68
What’s the plan when the rich decide to pull up stakes and leave this country?The Dems never believe people respond to their taxes. They always believe in "static" analysis where Revenue = Tax Rates x Income. But, as disclosed yesterday, Maryland reveals the truth: "Wealthy leaving Maryland in droves to avoid higher taxes." And even NYC provides tax credits to film making companies to make sure they come back to Manhattan to make their movies.
Next steps? Revoke passports? Require permission to move to the next state? Reciprocal tax laws to reach you even after you flee a high tax state? A wall on the Mexican and Canadian borders to keep us from fleeing? 100% death tax on estates?
To: Slapshot68
There will be a large number of folks renaming themselves John Galt.
42 posted on
05/27/2009 5:55:14 AM PDT by
Paladin2
(Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
To: Slapshot68
What’s the plan when the rich decide to pull up stakes and leave this country?
Wealth isn't the same thing as income.
The wealthy will stay in this country, enjoying relatively low rates of taxation.
It's high income professionals that will be paying more in taxes.
70 posted on
05/27/2009 6:13:24 AM PDT by
mc6809e
To: Slapshot68
What’s the plan when the rich decide to pull up stakes and leave this country? Close the borders........................
120 posted on
05/27/2009 6:55:21 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(If Keynesian economics worked, Zimbabwe would be a superpower.......................)
To: Slapshot68
What’s the plan when the rich decide to pull up stakes and leave this country? I would advocate that the country's producers all relocate to California, take over, eliminate the Leftist crap, and then, if necessary, withdraw from the union.
141 posted on
05/27/2009 7:18:57 AM PDT by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(What did Obama's Teleprompter know, and when did it know it...)
To: Slapshot68
Boy we had those Democrats wrong. I thought they were Tax and spend.
Instead, they are SPEND, SPEND, SPEND and TAX party.
To: Slapshot68
Liberals never met the tax they didn’t love...
238 posted on
05/27/2009 10:17:55 AM PDT by
GOPJ
(To a community organizer, every citizen looks like a victim entitled to someone else's money-Philbin)
To: Slapshot68
They are already doing that!
To: Slapshot68
The plan is to get rid of the divide between the rich and the poor by destroying and or driving out the rich and then taxing everyone else into poverty.
291 posted on
05/27/2009 2:08:49 PM PDT by
Blood of Tyrants
(Socialism is the belief that most people are better off if everyone was equally poor and miserable.)
To: Slapshot68
I think a VAT and a high-end income tax have got to be in the toilet.
304 posted on
05/27/2009 3:31:10 PM PDT by
1010RD
(First Do No Harm)
To: Slapshot68
It should be clear, the income tax on the rich will be in addition to the VAT, not in lieu.........
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