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With both Warren and Sanders proposing to tax rich people at levels not seen outside Communist countries, it's hard to believe the left doesn't sympathize with

With both Warren and Sanders proposing to tax rich people at levels not seen outside Communist countries, it's hard to believe the left doesn't sympathize with the Soviets, at least pre-Stalin Soviets.

vkazanov 7y ago
U mean countries like France? :-)
- leereeves 7y ago
  What's the top wealth tax rate in France? 1.5%? Warren proposed 6%. Sanders proposed 8%. It's deceptive to suggest that these rates would be similar to European taxes. Rates that high would destroy the wealthy. Sanders even said billionaires should not exist. Maybe the modern left would be against killing the rich like the Soviets did. (Maybe.) But they clearly hate and want to eliminate private wealth.
atoav 7y ago
I am afraid I can’t follow your logic there. Taxing rich people the same as everybody else (instead of paying them money) doesn’t make you a communist. Even taxing rich people more doesn’t make you a communist. Eisenhowers tax bracket in 1951 was 91% (!) above 400 k$. I am not an American, but I’d be rather surprised if Eisenhower turned out to be a Soviet all along. These kinds of progressive tax brackets are pretty normal in most democratic nations, most of which are part of the NATO, which isn’t exactly a big fan of the soviets either. Btw. there is a ton of influence beeing excerted by the Russians via russian oligarchs who got many politicians in their pockets. If you want to figure out who they are, you just have to check who constantly decides in the russian interest, while hurting the interest of their own nation.
- leereeves 7y ago
  > These kinds of progressive tax brackets are pretty normal in most democratic nations What's the highest wealth tax you know of in a NATO nation? Is it near 8%? Sanders has openly said that he doesn't think billionaires should exist, and has a history of supporting communists, so I don't think I'm stretching very hard here.

vkazanov 7y ago

U mean countries like France? :-)

leereeves 7y ago
What's the top wealth tax rate in France? 1.5%? Warren proposed 6%. Sanders proposed 8%. It's deceptive to suggest that these rates would be similar to European taxes. Rates that high would destroy the wealthy. Sanders even said billionaires should not exist. Maybe the modern left would be against killing the rich like the Soviets did. (Maybe.) But they clearly hate and want to eliminate private wealth.

atoav 7y ago

I am afraid I can’t follow your logic there. Taxing rich people the same as everybody else (instead of paying them money) doesn’t make you a communist. Even taxing rich people more doesn’t make you a communist. Eisenhowers tax bracket in 1951 was 91% (!) above 400 k$. I am not an American, but I’d be rather surprised if Eisenhower turned out to be a Soviet all along. These kinds of progressive tax brackets are pretty normal in most democratic nations, most of which are part of the NATO, which isn’t exactly a big fan of the soviets either. Btw. there is a ton of influence beeing excerted by the Russians via russian oligarchs who got many politicians in their pockets. If you want to figure out who they are, you just have to check who constantly decides in the russian interest, while hurting the interest of their own nation.

leereeves 7y ago
> These kinds of progressive tax brackets are pretty normal in most democratic nations What's the highest wealth tax you know of in a NATO nation? Is it near 8%? Sanders has openly said that he doesn't think billionaires should exist, and has a history of supporting communists, so I don't think I'm stretching very hard here.