tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post3911240820919714313..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Thomas Piketty Proposals to Advance Income EqualityRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-35805832973467695072014-04-23T16:06:22.429-04:002014-04-23T16:06:22.429-04:00Thank GOD you were kidding. He's a troll. I go...Thank GOD you were kidding. He's a troll. I googled his image, and hoped he wasn't cute. I have a hard time hating cute people. <br /><br />/sarcRDF2https://www.blogger.com/profile/14340534647561133098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-22312432827601637322014-04-23T14:06:31.713-04:002014-04-23T14:06:31.713-04:00He probably already does just that.He probably already does just that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-27689517159042491752014-04-22T23:45:37.904-04:002014-04-22T23:45:37.904-04:00The most fundamental inequality in this world is n...The most fundamental inequality in this world is not income inequality, but inequality in sexual attractiveness. In order to achieve an egalitarian society, handsome men like Picketty should have government sulfuric acid dumped on his face, or have 1ft of length cut off from his height, so he is no more attractive to members of his chosen sexual orientation than any other human being would be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-25881784329409533422014-04-22T22:23:59.146-04:002014-04-22T22:23:59.146-04:00I'm right there with you. People don't see...I'm right there with you. People don't seem to get what drives us. I love what I do and its still exciting after all these years, but I've also paid a huge price to get here through long hours, incredible stress in the early years meeting payrolls, customer deadlines, etc. I would never have quit my job to start my company if I didn't believe that I could be much better off than Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-45518708835701384362014-04-22T22:11:14.492-04:002014-04-22T22:11:14.492-04:00I am utterly amazed that someone with such a child...I am utterly amazed that someone with such a child like understanding of the world could ever be handed any kind of advanced degree from any university anywhere in the world. But then again in an egalitarian society, there would be no degrees since such instruments would lead to inequality. Even more disturbing is that there are people willing to hand this pseudo intellectual their hard earned Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-73996887158216574292014-04-22T22:04:17.460-04:002014-04-22T22:04:17.460-04:00Will Piketty be giving up 80% of his book proceeds...Will Piketty be giving up 80% of his book proceeds? After all, it's only fair…right?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13156269157955500129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-54331787839409898642014-04-22T21:37:08.604-04:002014-04-22T21:37:08.604-04:00Seconded. I bet you anything that that little hypo...Seconded. I bet you anything that that little hypocritical shithead won't be so quick to endorse his anti-capital stupidity when he gets a good dose of real socialism. He'll be no different than any other socialist hypocrite. He'll do everything he can to minimize his taxes while wanting everyone else to pay up.Mikehttp://www.antiwar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-21772575598296865772014-04-22T21:20:39.073-04:002014-04-22T21:20:39.073-04:00Agreed 100% Jimmy Joe. Implement Maximilien Pikett...Agreed 100% Jimmy Joe. Implement Maximilien Piketty's edicts and I'm shuttering the business, done working. Maybe that's what it would take to drive a stake through vampiric Marxism's heart. Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-33070062854509624942014-04-22T21:02:43.736-04:002014-04-22T21:02:43.736-04:00"The solutions – a top income tax rate of up ..."The solutions – a top income tax rate of up to 80%, effective inheritance tax, proper property taxes and, because the issue is global, a global wealth tax – are currently inconceivable. The task of economists is to make them more conceivable" - Thomas Piketty.<br /><br />All the austrians just aren't doing their tasks as economists.Daniel Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452187515473424173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-57862262866696643292014-04-22T20:33:32.115-04:002014-04-22T20:33:32.115-04:00Clinton's PEU Staff Pushed Dropping Glass Stea...Clinton's PEU Staff Pushed Dropping Glass Steagall<br /><br />Three close advisors to President Bill Clinton pushed repeal of Glass Steagall in the 1990's. They are:<br /><br /> Bo Cutter<br /> Gene Sperling<br /> John Podesta <br /><br /><br />This trio is in addition to Larry Summers and Robert Rubin. Former Co-Chairman of Goldman Sachs Robert Rubin went on to work for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-36607025535448584092014-04-22T20:18:35.585-04:002014-04-22T20:18:35.585-04:00"He breezily assures us that none of this wou..."He breezily assures us that none of this would reduce economic growth, productivity, entrepreneurship or innovation" <br /><br />I am productive and creative and through that creativity have added millions of dollars to the world's economy in my career. Many multiples of my salary over that time. Take my saved, post-tax wealth and I quit working. I'm done. I'll go on the Jimmy Joe Meekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559104650594440766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-40882764588902413692014-04-22T20:17:56.205-04:002014-04-22T20:17:56.205-04:00-- He [Piketty] breezily assures us that none of t...-- He [Piketty] breezily assures us that none of this [taxes on income and wealth] would reduce economic growth, productivity, entrepreneurship or innovation --<br /><br />Oh, I am sure that the good Professor Piketty knows that taxes on capital and accumulated wealth (also known as *savings*) will reduce growth, productivity, entrepreneurship and innovation. He's simply lying through his OldMexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111465436836633221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-44894927068903914612014-04-22T20:11:31.079-04:002014-04-22T20:11:31.079-04:00Piketty's Gold?
Reflecting on French economis...Piketty's Gold?<br /><br />Reflecting on French economist Thomas Piketty's new book, "Capital," the New York Sun today offers a most politically incorrect explanation for the explosion in income inequality and unemployment in the United States since the 1970s: the end of the dollar's gold convertibility and the unleashing of the age of infinite fiat money. The Sun's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-38882270554217795182014-04-22T20:02:46.902-04:002014-04-22T20:02:46.902-04:00Where can I chip in to buy this jerk a one-way tic...Where can I chip in to buy this jerk a one-way ticket to Cuba or North Korea?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-44014831859864689962014-04-22T19:37:32.906-04:002014-04-22T19:37:32.906-04:00Did Piketty mention anything about the banker fiat...Did Piketty mention anything about the banker fiat cartel and the billionaire banker boys? <br /><br />Did he mention anything about currency debasement? <br /><br />Anything about how the centralization of political power leads to the centralization of wealth?Godfreynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-3634000633355700442014-04-22T19:30:43.034-04:002014-04-22T19:30:43.034-04:00"Mr. Piketty urges an 80% tax rate on incomes..."Mr. Piketty urges an 80% tax rate on incomes starting at "$500,000 or $1 million." This is not to raise money for education or to increase unemployment benefits. Quite the contrary, he does not expect such a tax to bring in much revenue, because its purpose is simply "to put an end to such incomes." It will also be necessary to impose a 50%-60% tax rate on incomes as lowMikehttp://www.antiwar.comnoreply@blogger.com