13 March 2013 - FATCAT 1
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The most direct way to reduce the gap between rich and poor is a
wealth tax, but critics complain that wealth taxes are expensive to
administer. But companies growing too rich are also a social problem,
and our main defense is complex and arbitrary antitrust action. A
progressive corporate asset tax would encourage spinoffs and offer
monopolies a headwind to fight against, so today I propose the Fair
And Transparent Corporate Asset Tax (FATCAT).
clue:
Corporate asset taxes exist in some countries, but most of them seem
to be minimum taxes: If the corporate income tax is too low, the asset
tax sets a floor under it.
give me a clue so sweet and true