Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Virtue Self-Flagellating

Super-rich call for higher taxes on wealthy to pay for Covid-19 recovery [More]
They have so much they'll never miss it -- assuming their armies of accountants haven't already got all kinds of loopholes figured out.  Besides, there's always the option of increasing profits by passing costs on to consumers or putting the squeeze on suppliers.

As if any of this will stop the monster of their making once it's their turn in the tumbrels...

[Via Steve T

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I will lay a bet that they support taxes on WAGES, but they do not earn WAGES, they hold WEALTH, and WEALTH will not be affected.

Cleaning and oiling in Texas.

geez, 8 rounds of captcha, gimme a break

DDS said...

At any time, any American who is so inclined, can take out their checkbook and write a check for any amount they choose to donate and made payable to the U. S. Treasury and mail it off the the I R S. So those rich folks who say they would really really like to pay higher taxes are just blowing smoke.

A prime example of the old truism "Money talks and bullshit walks."