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   👁Pooka🫣Boo🫵 (lednabm@stranger.social)'s status on Sunday, 04-Aug-2024 23:38:08 JST 👁Pooka🫣Boo🫵

   Ok folks.... I'm going to try to create two hashtags.
   The #povertyline is obvious to everyone. Nobody should fall below the poverty line!
   The #wealthline is the new concept we must push everywhere in media, politics, economics, etc. Nobody should be allowed above the wealth line, Nobody. And, if you're afraid of the #wealthline then you're selfish and not really interested in a more equitable and sustainable world.
   Let's push this concept, folks. Especially, let's push it on our politicians!

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     mark (atleagle@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 04-Aug-2024 23:38:07 JST mark

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     @lednaBM wealth line is so good, as income is weirdly hidden. Penalize hoarding

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     mark (atleagle@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 04-Aug-2024 23:46:53 JST mark

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     @lednaBM I agree. Anyone collecting billions of dollars , buying yachts to compete with other yacht collectors, accumulating piles of property... they should be asked if they are OK, and get help with whatever is driving this.

     I'm not trashing on mental illness, just wanting to get rid of the income tax concept for the upper end, as rich people don't pay taxes when they can hide the money so easily

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     👁Pooka🫣Boo🫵 (lednabm@stranger.social)'s status on Sunday, 04-Aug-2024 23:46:54 JST 👁Pooka🫣Boo🫵

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     @ATLeagle The problem I see with this approach is that hoarding is a mental illness. It's akin to a sociopath line or psychotic line. I submit #wealthline is tge most clinically scientific.

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     Blinxeto (blinxeto@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 04-Aug-2024 23:59:07 JST Blinxeto

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     @ATLeagle @lednaBM

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     mark (atleagle@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 04-Aug-2024 23:59:18 JST mark

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     • Blinxeto

     @Blinxeto @lednaBM exactly

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     mark (atleagle@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 05-Aug-2024 00:31:15 JST mark

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     @isotope239 @lednaBM so much of this. I could happily retire now if it weren't for the oncoming college and medical bills.

     The minimum wealth/income requirement of living after working years is a huge issue.most of us won't face these decisions though

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     isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 (isotope239@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 05-Aug-2024 00:31:16 JST isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣

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     @lednaBM An excellent concept, #WealthLine! I come to the discussion from the perspective of supporting my elderly dad in care. So, his #WealthLine needs to be sufficient to pay for his care. I suppose if he dies leaving enough of his wealth to leave me an inheritance, the #WealthLine as applied to me could then be discussed. I think I'd apply it to myself the same as to my dad, being sufficient to pay for my care in old age. This would be moot if the US provided an old age safety net.

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     mark (atleagle@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 05-Aug-2024 01:34:58 JST mark

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     @mdione @Blinxeto @lednaBM transparency to prevent shell companies is a goal being pursued already. I wish it was front and center though

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     Marcos Dione (mdione@en.osm.town)'s status on Monday, 05-Aug-2024 01:34:59 JST Marcos Dione

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     @Blinxeto @ATLeagle @lednaBM hmm, but right now isn't just a matter of setting up a corpo somewhere else with lower taxes, send all the money there, and "bring" only "what's needed"?

     Hint: if I ever take an exam on tax evasion, I'll probably get a 0.