Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoYou’ve been tasked with defining a new area of criminal law called “economic and financial violence,” and creating laws to prevent it. What actions would you try to criminalize?message-squaremessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up141arrow-down1message-squareYou’ve been tasked with defining a new area of criminal law called “economic and financial violence,” and creating laws to prevent it. What actions would you try to criminalize?Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square29linkfedilinkfile-text
For example: private equity firms buying trailer parks and raising rents so high that people go bankrupt
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoGood god. Just levy a 100% tax on personal wealth over $1B. Devil’s in the details though. As with your plan people would find ways to hide their money.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoBut I want their tax money first. :)
Good god. Just levy a 100% tax on personal wealth over $1B. Devil’s in the details though. As with your plan people would find ways to hide their money.
eat them.
But I want their tax money first. :)
Just delete it.