This issue comes up often along the book tour trail. It’s important. Thanks to @DrewLindsayCOP for smart probing. You’ll find wise thoughts on such matters from @robreich @tompkinsstange @BenSoskis #ChiaraCordelli @courtwrites @miabirdsong and others.
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Are you against conscious capitalism.Are you against private businesses?In selling a book,capitalism model is involved.Good books to read - Liberty or Socialism by HansHerman Hoppe or The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.Hope you make profits (book)to reinvest into the community
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There isn’t a fixed pool of wealth. Someone being super-rich doesn’t mean it came at the result of keeping someone poor. Capitalism has a lot of flaws, but is the best
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FACTS are a stubborn thing. Charitable giving in 2017 was less than half a trillion in total (including middle class donors) The govt state and federal spending is $7 trillion a year, 14x larger. So confiscate that charity $ and it's a drop in bucket https://givingusa.org/giving-usa-2018-americans-gave-410-02-billion-to-charity-in-2017-crossing-the-400-billion-mark-for-the-first-time/ …
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Can you raise significant revenues by only taxing the rich? No per actual analysis. You need to raise taxes on broad populace "It is simply very difficult to considerably increase federal revenues just by raising taxes on the top 1% of earners"https://taxfoundation.org/no-raising-taxes-1-will-not-lead-surprising-amounts-revenue/ …
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And finally is the government spending % GDP lower than history? No it's been rising per actual data Facts, stubborn things. What we really need ia better character/community/civics and more effective and productive results from our spendingpic.twitter.com/8gfLY8DXqP
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Rich giving as laughable as trickle-down economics
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