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Super rich, corporate interests finance Republican presidential hopefuls

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/super-rich-corporate-interests-finance-republican-presidential-hopefuls/

WASHINGTON—This shouldn’t come as any great surprise, and the records are incomplete, but the #superrich and #corporate #interests #corruptly #bankroll the latest crop of #Republican #presidential #hopefuls.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/11/super-rich-pollution-earth-climate-crisis
The #superrich have the highest #carbonfootprint and try to find support for by claiming #climate measures are bad for #ordinary people.

#Inflation: stop hitting #homebuyers and squeeze the #SuperRich

#InterestRates are too blunt an instrument for an #economy so finely balanced. It’s time to use #taxes
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/16/the-guardian-view-on-inflation-stop-hitting-homebuyers-and-squeeze-the-super-rich

by #AndrewPerez, #JuliaRock & #RebeccaBurns in #Jacobin:

"The Supreme Court just agreed to hear a case next term that could preempt Congress and the Biden administration from instituting a federal wealth tax — another potentially lucrative gift for conservative justices’ billionaire benefactors and the superrich. A think tank affiliated with some of those benefactors recently pressed the court to accept the case and outlaw such taxes."

https://jacobin.com/2023/06/supreme-court-moore-v-united-states-wealth-tax-superrich

#WealthTax #wealth #tax #SuperRich #IncomeInequality #inequality #corruption #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS

#Superrich warned of ‘pitchforks and torches’ unless they tackle inequality

Global elite told at London’s Savoy hotel of real risk of ‘civil disruption’ if more is not done to help struggling millions

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/jun/30/uk-super-rich-beware-pitchforks-torches-unless-they-do-more

#SuperRich warned of ‘pitchforks and torches’ unless they tackle #inequality -

#Global elite told at London’s Savoy hotel of real risk of ‘#CivilDisruption’ if more is not done to help struggling millions
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/jun/30/uk-super-rich-beware-pitchforks-torches-unless-they-do-more #CostOfGreedCrisis

@andrew @law
Oh, let's make it 99% - there's more chance of them paying.

In the UK, I think our top #tax bracket went to 94 or 96 per cent and in India, if you add in the annual wealth tax, the annual tax on the super wealthy was over 100%.

Needless to say, the chances of actually getting any money out of the #superrich is inversely proportional to the rate.

To avoid rising taxes, Norway's super-rich flee to Switzerland.

Since autumn 2022, several dozen Norwegian billionaires have moved to Switzerland to escape tax increases. These departures have sparked controversy in the kingdom, which has been run by a center-left government since October 2021.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2023/06/24/to-avoid-rising-taxes-norway-s-super-rich-flee-to-switzerland_6036559_19.html

#Norway #Switzerland #Taxes #Taxation #SuperRich #Billionaires

Bunga Bunga hat over - Nachfolgerin als MP #Meloni lobt seinen Kampfeswillen als Grenzenlos. Mit seiner Prägung der Spaltung der Gesellschaft in feindliche Lager zu Gunsten der #superrich in den letzten Jahrzehnten war er ein Vorläufer der Trump und Co.

Some additional stats on why we need a #WealthTaxNow :

The UK's 171 richest people increased their wealth by £30bn last year. They now have a combined wealth of over £680bn according to the Times Rich List.

At a time when so many ordinary people are struggling to get by, this is pretty disgusting. It also shows that the Tory/BoE line that we all need to accept we're poorer is yet another lie because the #SuperRich aren't getting poorer - they're getting #FilthyRich

Time to #TaxTheRich

The #SuperRich aren't struggling with the #CostOfLivingCrisis - they're getting even richer, and that inequality between the haves and have-nots is going to keep getting deeper.

It's time for the obscenely wealthy to pay more tax and help fund schools and other public services, the NHS and the fight against the climate crisis. All been abandoned by this inept Tory government.

#TaxTheRich Sign the petition!

https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/uk_wealth_taxes_reblast_loc/?cmGFzab

#SuperRich How do you spell obscene?

The global jet set feels the heat over climate change

https://www.dw.com/en/the-global-jet-set-feels-the-heat-over-climate-change/a-65365655?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#Aviation #climatechange #privatejets #superrich

"Rising Sun, David Geffen’s 454ft, 82 room megaship spews an estimated 16,320 tons of #carbon dioxide equivalent gases into the atmosphere annually, 800x wht average American generates in a yr.

We can say no to the limitless plunder of unjustifiable #overconsumption. We can say no to the #billionaires toys."

#Superyacht #WorldSuperyachtAwards #SuperRich #CarbonAristocracy #Istanbul #NYT #ClimateChange #Sustainability

bit.ly/3obnQ0n

Billionaire pays 1/250th of his wealth (€1.5bn) in tax and moves country. For your average homeowner, that's like paying an extra 2-3k a year. #wealth #tax #superrich

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/10/super-rich-abandoning-norway-at-record-rate-as-wealth-tax-rises-slightly

how pathetic, how sad, how #capitalist - "A record number of super-rich Norwegians are abandoning Norway for low-tax countries after the centre-left government increased wealth taxes to 1.1%.

More than 30 Norwegian #billionaires and #multimillionaires left #Norway in 2022, according to research by the newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv. This was more than the total number of super-rich people who left the country during the previous 13 years, it added. Even more super-rich individuals are expected to leave this year because of the increase in wealth tax in November, costing the government tens of millions lost tax receipts."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/10/super-rich-abandoning-norway-at-record-rate-as-wealth-tax-rises-slightly

#SuperRich #Capitalism

If anyone needed any more proof about how evil & egocentric the #superrich mostly are: In response to a 1% wealth tax increase in #Norway, more than 30 #billionaires and #multimillionaires left the country in 2022. :dumpster_fire:

“This was not what I wanted, but the toughened and increased tax rules of the current government means that I (...) have no choice,” says person who owns 130+ million Euros.

The super-rich are blackmailing Norway's goverment:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/10/super-rich-abandoning-norway-at-record-rate-as-wealth-tax-rises-slightly

In the battle of the #superrich to get into #space, it looks like #RichardBranson has been the first to blink...

Having already dropped over a $bn into #VirginOrbit, this week he's putting end to the cash burn & suspending operations, while paying off staff who are losing their jobs.

Which billionaire trying to leave the planet will be next to throw in the towel I wonder?

@GottaLaff The #SuperRich use #Magaroids to distract you from their evil deeds.

@GottaLaff The #SuperRich use #Magaroids to distract you from their evil deeds.