Tax the Rich as a Socialist Solution

The Brits should have listened to one of their own:  “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.” -Margaret Thatcher 

In Minnesota, the super-rich and their tax revenue are chased out of the state with the threat of even higher taxes, it will fall upon the rest of us to pay more towards public services to fill the gap in the Treasury’s intake. 

A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities. Thomas Jefferson

"The vocabulary of the political left is fascinating. For example, it is considered to be 'materialistic' and 'greedy' to want to keep what you have earned. But it is 'idealistic' to want to take away what someone else has earned and spend it for your own political benefit or to feel good about yourself." ~ Thomas Sowell