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We had a country that pretty much effectively ran on that principle. The Soviet Union.
by fakedang 5y ago
We had a country that pretty much effectively ran on that principle. The Soviet Union.
- pstuart 5y agoWait, don't you mean the United States? Between 1941 and 1976 the estate tax was 77%. That period of history for many would be considered "the good old days."
- overgard 5y agoNot really, there's a difference between limiting inheritance (which is mostly unearned) vs limiting profiting on your own ingenuity.
- Analemma_ 5y agoThat is not even remotely the principle the Soviet Union ran on. Stop using the USSR to mean “thing I don’t like”.