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Brazil, France, Spain, Germany and S. Africa Push To Tax Billionaires 2% Yearly; US Says No (www.ibtimes.co.uk)

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[-] JohnBrownsBussy2@hexbear.net 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The proposal is for a globally-levied tax. Where exactly is capital going to fly to?

[-] Dolores@hexbear.net 16 points 5 months ago

DPRK, they dont have income tax garf-troll

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 months ago

Confused libertarian noises

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

If they could get totally global coordination to work, sure. Every single nation signing up is a pipe dream though. If that's how the proposal was actually written it was never intended to pass.

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