Jeff Atwood1d ago
Please do check my work on this, and cite what you have.. but from what I am seeing in the data, if we simply collected a fair tax from billionaires we could literally eliminate all poverty in this entire country at the 100% FPL level.
Show threadMaarten1d ago
@codinghorror Piketty has claimed something along the lines of: if we implemented an estate tax of 100% above some modest amount, we could fund a “starter capital” that gives each citizen a nest egg to be received at (say) age 25 or 30, of.. $200,000
Show threadRobert Pluim 🇪🇺
@thinkling @codinghorror I haven't read Piketty, but could anyone seriously justify needing to inherit more than say 10 million?
Mar 27 at 8:50pmTusky
Show threadJeff Atwood9h ago
@rpluim @thinkling that is how much healthcare and education now cost in the United States
Show threadRobert Pluim 🇪🇺9h ago
@codinghorror @thinkling After you've implemented the rest of the changes needed, they'll cost zero 😁