Mastodawn

So I'd assume that unless we're spending money on supporting each other a bit more directly, we're just participating in trickle up economics to keep our poor billionaires competing for the top prize.

#BillionaireClass #MichelinStar #TrickleUpEconomics

Dan Jul 29, 2025

This is utterly braindead. Businesses will need to roll these costs into their pricing across the board, and more consumers will use paywave (since it won't cost extra) - so who wins? The banks with their obscene, and still unregulated, fee structures, of course. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/retail/government-to-ban-card-payment-surcharges-businesses-to-pick-up-the-tab/MCE57QRYDNEZFM7LPAMXHIOWZY/ #NZPol #trickleupeconomics

Government to ban card payment surcharges, businesses to pick up the tab

The change will benefit those who shop in-store, rather than online.

The New Zealand Herald

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Potung Thul Aug 2, 2024

@slashdot

We see encouraging results from Guaranteed Basic Income!

Enough of "Make rich people richer and societal benefits will follow." It's time for #TrickleUpEconomics !

#BasicIncome!

(Edited: s/bandits/benefits/
Stupid auto transcribe.)

BellingenNSW Jan 16, 2024

"Corporate power is used to drive inequality: by squeezing workers and enriching wealthy shareholders, dodging taxes, and privatising the state."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-15/oxfam-report-reveals-billionaire-wealth-disparity/103321562
#inequality #work #WealthGap #redistribution #corporations #TrickleUpEconomics #privatisation #shareholders #TaxTheRich

Oxfam inequality report shows rich Australians like Gina Rineheart and Andrew Forrest part of growing wealth gap

The world's wealthiest five men have more than doubled their fortune since 2020, while three of the richest Australians have seen their wealth double at a staggering rate of $1.5 million per hour, the charity Oxfam says.

ABC News

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Steven Heywood Jun 25, 2023

@ChrisMayLA6
There's something a little off with very rich people telling the country that we must cut inflation by making things more expensive for companies as much as mortgage owners while increasing the spending power of very rich people.

#TrickleUpEconomics
#ToryIncompetence