US Billionaire Wealth Surges to $8.1 Trillion as Affordability Crisis Hammers Working Class | Common Dreams
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"Billionaires are raking in staggering profits off the backs of ordinary workers," said Chuck Collins of the Institute for Policy Studies.
  • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.caEnglish
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    7 months ago

    So elon is completely untouched because none of his companies are vital and he has no “income” because it’s all capital appreciation?

    Jeff bezos also untouched…

    This is the kind of stupid knee jerk thinking that makes all of this discussion irrelevant.

    You don’t even know how to reach the goal you want, you just feel like it should be something.

      • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.caEnglish
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        7 months ago

        I am in fact educated in economics, and smarter people than you disagree on taxing billionaires like that.

        That’s what you aren’t getting.