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vivalarevolución wrote:

Chyros wrote:
I barely see the point of that tax to begin with.

That's too logical, then the rich could not weazel their way out of paying taxes.

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Andrew Carnegie:
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

Men who continue hoarding great sums all their lives, the proper use of which for - public ends would work good to the community, should be made to feel that the community, in the form of the state, cannot thus be deprived of its proper share.

At the end, the acquisition of wealth is ignoble in the extreme. I assume that you save and long for wealth only as a means of enabling you the better to do some good in your day and generation.

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Alfred Nobel (1833-1896):
"I regard large inherited wealth as a misfortune, which merely serves to dull men's faculties. A man who possesses great wealth should, therefore, allow only a small portion to descend to his relatives. Even if he has children, I consider it a mistake to hand over to them considerable sums of money beyond what is necessary for their education. To do so merely encourages laziness and impedes the healthy development of the individual's capacity to make an independent position for himself."

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