> ...such a strong economist. "Strong" economists don't need to fudge their data. The only real move to tax the wealthy is to end trusts... everywhere. Everyt

> ...such a strong economist. "Strong" economists don't need to fudge their data. The only real move to tax the wealthy is to end trusts... everywhere. Everything else spills over onto the middle class, and those who aren't mobile enough to get out of the way. But the middle class doesn't use trusts. You can try to regulate loans against securities, but you're right back to putting "regular folk" in the cross-hairs. This talk of taxing potential gains would create a mechanism through which governments could absolutely ruin ordinary individuals while never touching the purported targets.