I am all for taxing any non-government organisation which is non-profit that has more than say, three employees who make more than $100,000 and ANY employee that makes more than 200,000. That would cover mega-churches, the catholic church, charities with overpaid directors etc. This is either an incentive to stop overpaying people (a serious…[Read more]

So the M.O. of the big fish is to eliminate free markets. Big fish eat little fish until the bald megalomaniac has fished out the sea. Aah but there are endless seas within his purview. So much to do and so little time.

I saw it in my law practice with Walmarts. They priced mom and pop businesses out of business. Fortunately they were free to…[Read more]

Bezos does have that “dr evil” vibe as well.

Jeff Bezos’ Hostile Takeover Of The US Economy

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Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:

I am all for taxing churches with congregations off over (say) 5000 members. I think around 2014 this idea was raised in the town of Nome in Alaska but did not materialize. Doing so would raise almost the same money to cover the cost of the food stamps programs. Imagine the churches paying to feed the…

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We need @TheEncogitationer. Where is he when you need him?

I am all for taxing churches with congregations off over (say) 5000 members. I think around 2014 this idea was raised in the town of Nome in Alaska but did not materialize. Doing so would raise almost the same money to cover the cost of the food stamps programs. Imagine the churches paying to feed the hungry.

How bout not only tax churches but class actions against churches for fraud. Raise revenue and enhance the well-being of citizens. The accumulated wealth from centuries of ill-gotten gains and scot free rape. Makes too much sense.

Maybe we should shift the tax base to include passively accumulating wealth as well as (and maybe instead of) paycheck income. Because you and I receive paychecks but many billionaires don’t or receive relatively little, they may escape taxes altogether, using it to accumulate even more wealth by, perhaps, borrowing against it to accumulate even…[Read more]