What will be the process for appraising everyone's net worth to a) determine who is eligible for the tax, and b) calculate how much they owe?

Total wealth includes things like businesses, investments, real estate and homes, household furnishings, vehicles, collectibles, jewelry, artwork, and everything else people might own. Haven't heard anyone explain how this would be done.

Democrats naturally think about good government and reasonable policies.

We have to stop doing that. It is a disease.

I don't give a F how we assess those things. As far as I'm concerned, we can use the Forbes numbers. The important thing is that we have a completely unjustified, undeserved, immoral, unsustainable concentration of wealth. Either we claw that back through elections and laws or else there will eventually be an "Eat the Rich" revolution, and that could happen sooner than you think.

A one-time graduated levy on assets with these targets

20% on assets in excess of 500 million.

From 15% to 20% on assets from 200 to 500 million

From 10% and 15% on assets from 50 million to 200 million

From 5% to 10% on assets from 10 million to 50 million

A one-time 20% levy on net assets exceeding $500 million would generate an estimated $500 billion to $1 trillion in federal revenue.

A one-time levy of 15% on the assets of individuals in the $200 million to $500 million range is estimated to raise roughly $150 billion to $200 billion nationally, depending on the exact number of households and assuming a 15% tax avoidance rate.

We MUST fight back on this. I am SICK TO DEATH with the number of Democratic electeds and candidates who tiptoe around and allow their horrific lies stand.

And this is the rhetoric that does it EFFECTIVELY:
Freedom to be Ourselves: Defeating MAGA's Anti-Trans Attacks.

The entire Freedom Over Fascism Toolkit below. I think every person in office or running needs to be sent a copy of this with a STRONG push to heed the guidance. If enough of us send this to our Democratic electeds and candidates perhaps they will actually pay attention and learn how to repeat, and repeat the same themes.

It is updated constantly with rapid response links

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s0JbXhND7-1iqABNcUNL031NQLxkLfr-USkCKGZTidI/mobilebasic

We have to think strategically. We cannot help anyone if we can't win the elections. The issues I laid out, I believe, are the ones with the most electoral power in 2026.

We shouldn't be backing ANY Dems for office if they are not strong supporters of LGBT rights. But that doesn't make a great campaign ad in 2026.

There are a bunch of other issues I care deeply about that I didn't list here. My point is that these are issues that the public is really angry about, and can turn elections. We need to try to get to the front of that parade.

As Bill Clinton said, 'It's the economy stupid".

is the corruption that has brought us all these tech bros, data centers, the Iran war and the vast concentration of wealth.

The smart candidates will tie these things together. Platner is doing a good job of that in Maine. We need EVERYBODY on that plan.

What I'm trying to say is that we should not be talking about gas prices and other prices in isolation. These things are a DIRECT result of our broken system. The solution isn't to impose price control on gas and carrots. The solution lies with breaking up the monopolies, taxing the ultra-wealthy, banning stock and crypto trading by high government officials and holding social media accountable for the damage they are doing to our society. We need to be educating the public to make these connections.