“Our current tax policy rewards capital gains (extraction) with a very low tax rate, while punishing dividends (along with revenue, earnings, and payroll) at a very high tax rate. If we want to promote transactions and circulation, we should reverse that.”
— Douglas Rushkoff as transcribed by R.U. Sirius, Douglas Rushkoff on How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity – and How To Fix It — NewCo Shift
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