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Sep 29 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Caller Andrew, Detroit: I truly believe we need to tax the very wealthy in this country but be careful of taxing corporations--won't they just push the increased taxes onto consumers?
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Caller Andrew, Detroit: 40 years ago the inflation rate was 17% & we did that to ourselves. Today's inflation is about 8% & it's global.
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Caller Andrew, Detroit: What about windfall profit taxes on these companies?
Rick: I'm all for it. Larger corporations pay more. A higher tax rate does change the incentives; at least that's my take on it.
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Caller Andrew, Detroit: If we don't buy these high-priced items, they'll have to rethink what they're doing.
Rick: We also need to enforce anti-trust laws. Companies get away with it b/c they're all in line with each other.
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