All it would take is to exile 136,080 of the 0.1%'ers and the libtards would be happy, no? lmfalo. No, they wouldn't. Not having anything to whine about would make them unhappy........
This proposal will surely strike many as extreme. But drastic times call for drastic measures. President Obama, after all, has notes that "the increase in U.S. inequality has no counterpart anywhere else in the advanced world."
Never mind that, according to surveys, most Americans couldn't care less about an abstract statistical trend stretching over decades. In a Politico poll in the lead-up to the last election, only 1 percent of voters thought inequality was the most important issue. But, as Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber might say, we should not let "the stupidity of the American voter" get in the way of advancing progressive policies.
While exiling the wealthy will do wonders for inequality in America, it will put a serious dent in the government's finances. Almost one in every five tax dollars that the government collects comes from the 0.1 percent. To make up for the shortfall, we should probably also confiscate all their assets before exiling them.
What about the jobs the 0.1 percenters create and the value they add to the economy? After all, we'd be losing all but twelve of the CEOs from the 300 largest companies in the country. The show business industry would collapse overnight with all the star talent in exile. Gone too would be the best investment bankers, financial consultants, surgeons and lawyers. One third of the NFL's roster and well over half of the NBA's roster would also be culled.
Since the confiscated wealth of the 0.1 percent won't be enough to make up for the ensuing economic shortfall over the years, we will need to generate more revenue. That could be done rather easily by auctioning off the top-earning Americans to the highest foreign bidder.
Problem Solved
This proposal will surely strike many as extreme. But drastic times call for drastic measures. President Obama, after all, has notes that "the increase in U.S. inequality has no counterpart anywhere else in the advanced world."
Never mind that, according to surveys, most Americans couldn't care less about an abstract statistical trend stretching over decades. In a Politico poll in the lead-up to the last election, only 1 percent of voters thought inequality was the most important issue. But, as Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber might say, we should not let "the stupidity of the American voter" get in the way of advancing progressive policies.
While exiling the wealthy will do wonders for inequality in America, it will put a serious dent in the government's finances. Almost one in every five tax dollars that the government collects comes from the 0.1 percent. To make up for the shortfall, we should probably also confiscate all their assets before exiling them.
What about the jobs the 0.1 percenters create and the value they add to the economy? After all, we'd be losing all but twelve of the CEOs from the 300 largest companies in the country. The show business industry would collapse overnight with all the star talent in exile. Gone too would be the best investment bankers, financial consultants, surgeons and lawyers. One third of the NFL's roster and well over half of the NBA's roster would also be culled.
Since the confiscated wealth of the 0.1 percent won't be enough to make up for the ensuing economic shortfall over the years, we will need to generate more revenue. That could be done rather easily by auctioning off the top-earning Americans to the highest foreign bidder.
Problem Solved
