Murdoch Biz Columnist: 'Tax the Super Rich Or Face Revolution'
We have long enjoyed MarketWatch columnist Paul B. Farrell's seething, doom-soaked predictions of American Collapse -- and his column is always the "most read" thing on this stock-market business website, so we are not alone. But today's is a delight even if you're used to Farrell's ranting, because now he's calling for armed revolution against the Super Rich!
Or, well, actually he's saying "tax the Super Richnow" or therewillbe armed revolution and you'll all hang, ya bloody billionaires:
Yes, tax the Super Rich. Tax them now. Before the other 99% rise up, trigger a new American Revolution, a meltdown and the Great Depression 2.
Revolutions build over long periods — to critical mass, a flash point. Then they ignite suddenly, unpredictably. Like Egypt, started on a young Google executive’s Facebook page. Then it goes viral, raging uncontrollably. Can’t be stopped. Here in America the set-up is our nation’s pervasive “Super-Rich Delusion.”
certainly republican governors / legislatures are doing their bit.
By the time they should be wising up, their definition of bajillionaire is owning a car that starts most of the time and having the rent money in full at the start of the month without having to sell plasma. And by that time, they have almost reached those goals so it's not all that bad.