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pat_k

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20. No need to be broke for long. All it would take is a one-time levy on billionaires.

Tue Apr 28, 2026, 12:26 PM

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A "down payment to the nation for the bounty you've earned on our backs" levy. It could definitely cover the existing deficit as we re-calibrate priorities and, at a minimum, repeal the tax cut on household income over $300,000 or so.

They would barely feel it. Instead of shoveling bribes at the regime, they would just be putting the dollars directly into the nation's coffers.

Here's what Gemini had to say: A one-time 20% levy on American billionaire wealth could potentially collect over $1.6 trillion, based on estimates that 938 U.S. billionaires held $8.2 trillion in collective wealth as of early 2026. This proposed 20% tax—distinct from a 20% income tax proposal—targets total net worth rather than just annual income.

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