• ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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    27 days ago

    Government has never expanded their reach when given power. Civil forfeiture was about combating organized crime not funding police departments. Border patrol has expanded reasonable searches from crossings to cover entire states. Give it 20 year and this will apply to gains over a million.

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      27 days ago

      Yes, and because of this the corporate tax rate and top marginal tax rate has been trending up for the past half century… right?