Top Tax Rate? Socialism
Posted By Barry Ritholtz On May 20, 2010 @ 5:00 pm In Taxes and Policy | Comments Disabled
Since when has labeling anything you disagree with “Socialism” a substitute for political discourse? We embarrass ourselves as a nation to the rest of the world when we do this.
Regardless, Wuerker of Politico [1] puts this into better context:
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via Politico [1]
Hat tip PBH [3]
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See also:
Bill Gates’s Dad Says the Rich ‘Aren’t Paying Enough’ in Taxes [4]
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=a4YNFBDAXnKI&
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[1] Politico: http://www.politico.com/wuerker/
[2] Image: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/top-rate.jpg
[3] PBH: http://www.prosebeforehos.com/political-ironing/04/19/das-socialism-to-our-lack-of-historical-and-critical-perspective/
[4] Bill Gates’s Dad Says the Rich ‘Aren’t Paying Enough’ in Taxes: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=a4YNFBDAXnKI&
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