Here is what I will never understand about the right wing. Why do they think rich people need lots of help while the poor don't?
#Socialism
#WealthInequality

Part of why I love working for a podcast - this past week alone has seen interviews about the global luxury yacht market, radical wealth redistribution schemes, and the history of Croatian immigration to the Gulf South.

This vantage point is such a gift.

#podcast
#wealthinequality
#neworleans

Lays out why poverty persists in the face of rising spending on means-tested programs.

https://youtu.be/WCyCfNnXGOE?feature=shared

#WorkerRights #Poverty #America #Racism #ChrisHedges #MatthewDesmond #Exploitation #GigEconomy #WealthInequality

Are you more interested in improving the lives of those in poverty or in improving the lives of the rich?
#Poverty
#WealthInequality
#Socialism

“The huge, plutocrat-friendly #trumptaxcuts in 2017 sparked a wave of stock buybacks that seems to have continued thru 2022. But while they boosted executive pay,….workers’ share of corporate income continued its decades-long slide—while executives were lavishly rewarded for enacting mass layoffs & keeping down workers’ pay.”
#wealthinequality #corporategreed

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/08/24/report-ceos-who-pay-poorly-do-fabulously/

Unveiling the true causes of the opioid crisis: Beyond medical factors

Richard A. Lawhern is a patient advocate.

https://youtube.com/shorts/rxveDMyQrYY?feature=share

Listen here: https://kevinmd.com/podcast

#OpioidCrisis #SocialDeterminants #HealthInequality #WageStagnation #CommunityDecline #FamilyBreakdown #WealthInequality #USChallenges

@wellingtonrock Does anyone remember the Panama Papers which revealed all the money held by super rich including the UK royals in tax havens? Anyone notice how the press and politicians never speak of it?
#WealthInequality

@tsetse When will the rich ever be satisfied with what they have?
#Socialism
#WealthInequality

Richest countries in the world by GDP per capita in 2023
#australia no 15 #wealth #wealthinequality #capitalism

https://ceoworld.biz/2023/08/06/richest-countries-in-the-world-by-gdp-per-capita-in-2023/

Is there any point where the rich can accept they have more than enough and will a time come when government might pause and think of the needs of those with the least?
#Socialism
#WealthInequality

@CoolBlenderKitten @trianderror I appreciate all your comments. But sometimes a shitpost 💩📬 is just a metaphor, meant to humorously stimulate thought 🤔 about a more serious problem, such as #WealthInequality. No metaphors are intended to be taken literally, and #TeamOrcas is no exception. 🙏

For every CEO in Canada that earns 10 million a year, instead of a comfortable 1 million per year, there are 150 people who could use that to have a home and essentials for a dignified existence.

In 2021 there were at least 100 of these CEOs. That is 15,000 people that could be supported.

Instead, they make over 200 times what their average worker takes home

#WealthInequality #Canada #EatTheRich

@caesar @Rhodium103 I haven’t heard of the #orcas attacking small boats. The few reported recently near #Scotland and #Gibraltar were yachts 🛥️, one of which was in a race of VERY expensive playthings of billionaires. 👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/orca-rams-into-yacht-near-scotland-behavior-may-be-spreading-180982429/

In any case, the hashtag #TeamOrcas is for shitposting against #WealthInequality and #BigOil fueling the #ClimateCrisis.

@chaser Shoving #WealthInequality into the eyeballs 👁️ of *everyone* is one of the PURPOSES of the #Barbie movie. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Progressives Unveil OLIGARCH Act to Combat ‘Existential Threat’ of Extreme Wealth Inequality — “American oligarchs have used their wealth to accumulate an unprecedented level of political power, which they’ve used to amass even greater wealth. We must stop this cycle.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/progressives-oligarch-act

#WealthInequality #OligarchAct #PoliticalPower #ExtremeWealth #StopTheCycle #Progressives #Politics #News

@SydesJokes The greedy can never have enough. Having more money than they could spend in 1,000 lifetimes isn't enough. That their lust for more wealth is wrecking planet doesn't seem to matter to them.
Extreme wealth should be socially unacceptable. We can tax these people way more and they will still be rich. They'll never have to worry about where next meal is coming from.
#Socialism
#WealthInequality

Terry Pratchett's quote from 1993 book, Men At Arms; Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness explaining why the rich spend less than the poor.
Posted this quote as an image file as it too large otherwise.
#Socialism
#WealthInequality

Honestly, I don't get right wing politics.
Policies of the right include banning abortions (leading to huge increase in childhood mortality), racist othering (as seen with UK trying to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda), the criminalisation of protest and attacks on those at the bottom of society and those who want a better deal for the poor while at the same time boosting those with huge wealth.
I don't get why ordinary people support any of these things.
#Socialism
#WealthInequality

#TaxTheRich #WealthInequality #WealthDisparity #Billionnaires

I just got surveyed about my #retirement planning.
My answers were a little outside their expectations.
My top financial priority is "End #WealthInequality".
My free response answers about retirement fund companies included the word "guillotine".
I said yes, you can quote me to the survey sponsors.
I really hope they do.