• Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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    15 hours ago

    No exceptions. It’s not hard to become less wealthy. The only allowance I’d offer is a warning 90 days in advance that continued retention of their obscene wealth will become a capital offense. They can unload their excess in that time frame and keep their heads.

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      14 hours ago

      The most important question is “how do you enforce it?” Does the roaming mob meet up daily to check everybody’s bank records? Or do you pass a law about it democratically, and if it’s that then why did you ever need to execute anybody in the first place?

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        11 hours ago

        How is it enforced? A bounty system would work. 10% of any funds collected or forfeited.

        No body will be executed. They’ll all figure out how to pry open their wallets and portfolios within the 90-day amnesty window.

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          9 hours ago

          I tell you what, when you legalize such a bounty system on all tangible wealth over a billion then I will admit it might work.

          But if you could do that, why would you not just tax the rich?