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In reply to the discussion: Elon Musk Warns 'The Only Way to Get Us Out of the Debt Crisis' and 'Prevent America from Going Bankrupt is AI and Robot [View all]Moostache
(10,926 posts)30. We need a progressive wealth tax that addresses systemic abuses and prevents the existence of billionaires, period.
It should be so disadvantageous to possess more than $1,000,000,000.00 in NET assets that business owners and these current asshats would be falling all over themselves to avoid the taxes that kick in at that level. Further more, I would even support capital punishment for any billionaire caught cheating on their taxes. I would simply load them all onto Bezos' next dick shaped rocket and fire them into orbit without a return trip. Let them all off themselves in orbit.
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Elon Musk Warns 'The Only Way to Get Us Out of the Debt Crisis' and 'Prevent America from Going Bankrupt is AI and Robot [View all]
CentralMass
10 hrs ago
OP
We need a progressive wealth tax that addresses systemic abuses and prevents the existence of billionaires, period.
Moostache
7 hrs ago
#30
Says the tax dodger who just demanded 1 trillion dollars and is actively undermining Democracy. Fuck That Guy!
chowder66
10 hrs ago
#8
Well, of COURSE the solution is NOT to tax the shit out of the wealthiest Americans, bless your hearts!
AZJonnie
9 hrs ago
#15
Yes, eliminating 10s of millions of jobs forever (with shitty AI) is the path to prosperity . . .
hatrack
8 hrs ago
#21
Seriously, there was a time when half a trillion dollars was considered James Bond supervillain money.
Initech
3 hrs ago
#38
Wodrld wide AI and robotics will result in hundreds of millions of jobs being lost, and markets collapsing.
patphil
7 hrs ago
#29
How do you get this massive economic expansion with 50 million Americans unemployed from AI replacement?
NickB79
6 hrs ago
#31