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It's a nice intention, but how do you devise that mechanism? If I keep $10,000 in my savings account for 30 years, are you going to tax it every year?



The government does that already by printing more money. The more money printed the less valuable your $10K. Better to keep money on assets that do not devalue with inflation.


Yes, that's how it works: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_tax




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