Capitalism is feudalism's institutional transvestite

It’s the update of the biblical system of debtors owned by creditors dressed up in new clothes. Here's a way out that's better than a wealth tax: index tax rates to the Gini coefficient measure of inequality: https://medium.com/the-national-discussion/how-to-stop-the-plutocracy-game-index-the-top-1-s-tax-rates-to-decreasing-inequality-a3a19f42cd97 .

Lester Golden

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A wealth tax has zero chance of passing in the US or the UK. But it's a lot harder for a politician to say he favors more inequality.

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