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by alanlamm 2654 days ago
While we are at it, lets tax the vacant hours of the unemployed - those evil speculators who are consipiring to restrict the supply of labor. That will encourage them to work and thereby be able to afford all that brand new housing!
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We call it the opioid tax and it works pretty effectively at eliminating the unemployed.
the objective of the tax would not be to eliminate the unemployed, but rather to put them to work
Lazy athletes performing 2-3 hours a night for 75 days a year and retiring at 35.