# Stop coddling the rich

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**Created:** [August 15, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stop-coddling-the-rich/259979 "2011-08-15T15:57:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![HudsonFalcon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hudsonfalcon/32/6460_2.png) [@HudsonFalcon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HudsonFalcon)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stop-coddling-the-rich/259979/19 "2011-08-16T20:03:50Z")

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> [@WTB: 3.8 Taurus Electric Fan](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-3-8-taurus-electric-fan/44666/5):
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> ok, and what could we do to make up some ground here…without cutting anything thats necessary…?? OH YEAH! tax the wealthy like you tax everybody else.

The reverse is true as well, there are plenty of places to make cuts without raising taxes. The government needs to be put on a diet not acquire more wealth through taxes.

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