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colegeprofessor  ·  3956 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ten Ways to Get Serious About Rising Inequality

1. Establish a guaranteed minimum income for all American households. - yeah, not going to happen.

2. Abolish the payroll tax. -ONLY if 3 and 10 happens. PLUS internet tax at the same time.

3. Replace the payroll tax with a consumption tax. see requirements AND Maybe in War time...

4. Raise the top rate of income tax. -Not going to happen.

5. Tax wealth properly. -Nope.

6. Give ordinary Americans “homestead” grants. -Maybe as tax exemptions, but that would defeat the point.

7. Nationalize the public-education system. -SUUUUUUURE. Not happening.

8. Copy the Germans and greatly expand technical education. -*Sigh* No comment

9. Abolish private schools and legacy admissions to private universities. -Not happening.... ever.

10. Introduce a financial-transactions tax.- Only if large banks are broken down. (like ATT in the 80s)

So, I have better chance learning Danish, meeting a gorgeous Danish Girl with Swiss Citizenship too, and move there.