>>>I wish you'd consider my suggestion that they'll leave, Bill
>>They didn't when rates were 90%+.
>>Did Bing Crosby (once one of the richest people in the world) move. Bob Hope? Frank Sinatra?
>>Clint Eastwood made some spaghetti movies, but the rest stayed here.
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>Their earnings relied to a large extend to "infrastructure" of Hollywood or Vegas. Dunno if Clint went to escape taxes or was lured by higher pay esp. for him or a Chianti/Spaghetti bundle
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>>Do you really think that those fat cats in the Hamptons or Nantucket will move if you take a billion or two away?
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>Yupp. Esp. if they realize that they are living off substance - then such cuts will lead earlier to reaction.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/opinion/rich-getting-richer-taxes.html

It looks as if we're finally hearing some common sense.
These people didn't run away.