tfm@europe.pub to Work Reform@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoThe existence of billionaires is a policy failureeurope.pubimagemessage-square135linkfedilinkarrow-up11.64Karrow-down118
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minus-squareBimfred@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoGovernments HAVE the resources. They CHOOSE to not spend it on R&D.
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoBut taxing the rich would give them even MORE resources
minus-squareBimfred@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 month agoThat they also won’t use on R&D. Or healthcare. Or housing. Or feeding people. Those things aren’t shit for a lack of resources to fund them, they’re shit for a lack of interest in funding them. That’s not a problem you can fix with more money.
Governments HAVE the resources. They CHOOSE to not spend it on R&D.
But taxing the rich would give them even MORE resources
That they also won’t use on R&D. Or healthcare. Or housing. Or feeding people. Those things aren’t shit for a lack of resources to fund them, they’re shit for a lack of interest in funding them. That’s not a problem you can fix with more money.