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2022-04-01 Home Front: Politix

Bernie Sanders' Ukraine War Tax: 95% tax on ‘windfall profits’! Boynie says it's a revival of WWII tax on ‘corporate greed’

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Posted by Bubba Fleash3237 2022-04-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top
File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1 Well, it's not a bad idea. They can and do have a political agenda, and that political agenda can and does including promoting wars for their own profit.

You think Lockheed and Raytheon are in favor of peace? Nobody is that naive.

Posted by Omomolet Phutch9064 2022-04-01 03:09|| 2022-04-01 03:09|| Front Page Top

#2 It's a stupid idea. "Windfall" profits grab will kill industry investments and dividends that retirees depend on. Stupid. But let's drag in Raytheon and Lockheed to make the straw man, right?

Posted by Frank G 2022-04-01 07:17|| 2022-04-01 07:17|| Front Page Top

#3 If US corporations hadn't done miracles never seen in the annals of industry, would the US have won the war?

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-04-01 07:44|| 2022-04-01 07:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Thou shall covet, thou shall bear false witness, thou shall steal - three commandments of socialism.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-04-01 07:55|| 2022-04-01 07:55|| Front Page Top

#5 It's April Fools' Day every day of the year for Bernie!

Posted by magpie 2022-04-01 09:30|| 2022-04-01 09:30|| Front Page Top

#6 How about a 95% tax on wealth held -- directly or through holding companies -- when leaving an elected office? Or even just the inflation-adjusted increase in wealth?

Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-04-01 11:47|| 2022-04-01 11:47|| Front Page Top

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