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From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: Re: "Castigo Cay" by Matthew Bracken
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 16:00:32 -0400 (EDT)
Organization: Former users of Netcom shell (1989-2000)
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Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>Why not just take every penny that the millionaires and billionaires in 
>the USA own ?

Historically, this worked very poorly for France in the 18th century, but
it worked remarkably well for Japan after WWII.

But, in general, this is what happens inevitably when capitalism breaks down,
and if you don't make the rich pay reasonable taxes, eventually they will
wind up having to pay unreasonable ones.
--scott

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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."