U.S. Politics in Real Time · @uspolitics
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'Time to Ground These Fat Cats': Markey Proposes Tax Hike on Private Jet Travel | "Billionaires and the ultra-wealthy are getting a bargain, paying less in taxes each year to fly private and contribute more pollution than millions of drivers combined on the roads below."

commondreams.org/news/markey-p

#commondreams #taxhike #privatejettravel #billionaires #ultrawealthy #pollution #politics #news

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Zee · @zyz
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@pete can’t we just put the on an with 2 huge piles- one a pile of and the other a pile of clubs, and just let them sort things out themselves?

An about , , and could be of this

And the they leave behind can be distributed among everyone else

I think could , here. ☺️

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#sorry #playing #joke #followers #hashtag #welcome #benefit #everyone #stuff #experiment #byproducts #hurricaneseason #morality #socialscience #education #gold #tropicalisland #ultrawealthy

Last updated 1 year ago

U.S. Politics in Real Time · @uspolitics
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Shades · @shades
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by in @urbanistorg:

"[W]orking people know that private wealth is built on public infrastructure and public investments paid for by all of us — especially low-income folks who pay more than their share in taxes. The roads and the transportation system corporate executives use to get goods to market, the schools and universities that train their workers, and the regulation and safety systems they rely on build the wealth of the people who live and do business in our state."

theurbanist.org/2023/06/01/les

#kamauchege #washington #taxes #rich #wealthy #ultrawealthy #legislation #StateLegislature #capitalGains #stockmarket #departmentofrevenue #washingtoncommunityalliance

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Colin Sullender · @shiruken
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Ariadne · @ariadne
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, shown to scale - excellent interactive graphic showing just *how* much wealth the super rich have, compared to the rest of the planet - "Even the fortunes of very rich people are dwarfed by the incomprehensible wealth of the 0.0001%." Jeff Bezos is far, far wealthier than David Solomon (head of Goldman Sachs), Beyoncé, and Tim Cook combined. This graphical visualization really drives the point home. And yet "Jeff Bezos may be insanely rich, but it is a drop in the ocean compared to the combined wealth of his peers. The 400 richest Americans own about $3.2 trillion, which is more than the bottom 60% of Americans."
mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-w

#wealth #superrich #ultrawealthy #capitalism #hypercapitalism #uhnw #jeffbezos #bezos #wealthinequality #USeconomy #uspolitics

Last updated 2 years ago

Upstart Crow · @UpstartCrow
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The USA Singers
@TheUSASingers
If you’re confused about the crisis, here’s a quick explanation.

exploded the by 39%, adding over $7 trillion dollars, due in large part to big for the .

Now, are blaming for that debt.

Any questions?

#debtceiling #trump #taxcuts #ultrawealthy #republicans #Democrats #nationaldebt

Last updated 2 years ago

Bob LeFridge · @BobLefridge
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"Tax us now" say more than 200 ultra-wealthy millionaires and billionaires from 13 countries.

It's probably a better solution than eating them.

theguardian.com/business/2023/

#tax #ultrawealthy #ultarich #davos #taxtherich

Last updated 2 years ago

And buy up all of your land.
And push money around to get special treatment.
And keep you poor.
And don't care about polluting our planet.

#ultrawealthy #billionaires #greed

Last updated 2 years ago

And buy up all of your land.
And push money around to get special treatment.
And keep you poor.
And don't care about polluting our planet.

#ultrawealthy #billionaires #greed

Last updated 2 years ago

This quote relates to in this time period.

"You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit their views, which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering." -Chris Boucher

#journalist #ultrapowerful #ultrawealthy #billionaire #ElonMusk

Last updated 2 years ago