β€œIn 1910, the top 0.00001% #wealthiest #Americans … owned wealth equivalent to 4% of #US #national #income. Today that same fraction of the population – which now includes 19 households – own the equivalent of 14% of US #nationalincome in #wealth” open.substack.com/pub/gzucman/... #inequality #tax

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Last week Jeff Bezos made an unexpected contribution to the debate about taxation in the United States, claiming that billionaires like himself pay a lot of tax and that it would be pointless to ask them to pay more.

Gabriel Zucman (english)

@Sandra
Yes, yes and yes!

Surely you are a kindred spirit, see our writings re a #UBI that goes up slightly with age.

It would be paid for, increasingly, by a large portion of our #NationalIncome, and thus will ultimately be wholely sustainable.

Of course, this doesn't mean our current levels of #consumption will be possible however.

Everyone knows that being of the left means "#thinkHappyThoughts", right?

Dum Dee Dum. No tough decisions need ever be made, right?

Dum Dee Dum.

#theLeft #whyTheLeftIsFailing #identityPolitics #save #savings #toughDecisions #nationalIncome #soveriegnWealthFund #kevinRudd #kevinRuddCoup #homeToRoost

Yes, COVID is an issue.

No, you should not be forced to work in an indoor environment that you deem potentially unsafe.

No, you should not be forced to wear any item of clothing.

No, you should not be forced to have a medical procedure of which the longterm effects are unknown.

Yes, your govt should be there to offer everyone a monetary safety net that is paid for by our collective #nationalIncome.

#humanRights #basicStuff

@flugennock @AnarchoNinaWrites
So to wrap up, we support a #UBI that is based on a percentage of the #nationalIncome, and which goes up a tiny amount with age to offset/compensate naturalProcesses.

NationalIncome derived from duties, landTax and GST (non-essential consumption, processed foods etc). Not #IncomeTax.