tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post2210226220247487760..comments2024-02-01T04:37:41.878-05:00Comments on Cap'n Transit Rides Again: How to stop them taking our moneyCap'n Transithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-84302842757468933242012-10-07T21:31:59.664-04:002012-10-07T21:31:59.664-04:00Uh, that's "they get to not have all thei...Uh, that's "they get to not have all their wealth taken by angry hungry mobs".neroden@gmailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07475686367097445497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-33227854144047235892012-10-07T21:31:31.744-04:002012-10-07T21:31:31.744-04:00I argue that wealth taxes are in fact Pigovian tax...I argue that wealth taxes are in fact Pigovian taxes, due to the corrosive and evil effects of concentration of wealth on our society.<br /><br />Now, of course the very rich people, the 0.1%, will feel that they don't get anything from those taxes. Well, what they get is, they get to not be guillotined; they get to not have their houses burned down; they get to have all their wealth taken by angry, hungry mobs.<br /><br />I think we have to remind them of that frequently and repeatedly in order to maintain the very necessary public policies of wealth taxes.neroden@gmailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07475686367097445497noreply@blogger.com