>You're saying we shouldn't tax the rich because eventually it might be used to tax the less wealthy? No, what I said was: >>If the government puts in the eff

>You're saying we shouldn't tax the rich because eventually it might be used to tax the less wealthy? No, what I said was: >>If the government puts in the effort to develop systems to track/process/etc a new kind of tax like this, no one should pretend it will only ever be used agains the ultra wealthy. If anyone doubts this, you need only look at the Alternative Minimum Tax: >...far outweigh the negative consequences of taxing more middle-class folks who happen to have stock. The older I get the more I realize just how envy-driven people can be.