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Imagine hypothetically that the rich 0.1% were NOT the "deep state". What policies would be different?
by yummyfajitas 10y ago
Imagine hypothetically that the rich 0.1% were NOT the "deep state". What policies would be different?
- shard972 10y agoUnless you assume those people were purely altruistic, what would stop them from becoming the rich 0.1%?
- coliveira 10y agoTaxation.
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- mistermann 10y agoTaxation. War.
- someguydave 10y agoEven better: imagine the government forced the sale of all assets. Then imagine the government distributes the proceeds to all citizens in equal measure. What's the probability that after a few years the 0.1% will be in the 0.1% again? I suspect it's pretty high.
- ChuckMcM 10y agoThat is powerful analysis tool right there. I tend to suspect that the policies would not be much different than they are. The top 20% of earners still pay 84% of the income taxes[1]. Lyndon Johnson felt the "military industrial complex" was a sort of deep state. However I would distinguish between the notion of a deep state which is making foreign policy vs corruption which is simply enriching a few special interests. [1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/top-20-of-earners-pay-84-of-income-tax-1428674384 https://www.wsj.com/articles/top-20-of-earners-pay-84-of-inc...