@DemocracyMattersALot well they are also “winning” capitalism and the world so…
I am someone that is strongly against the levels of #severeInequality that exist in the world today. But I think we need to differentiate between not good/ worse / and pure evil in this regard.
Hypothetically a billionaire who would give up their fortune while they are still living should be respected more than one who would not.
Yes, absolutely, #TaxOligarchs until they are no longer Oligarchs.
@MarvinFreeman “Rank calls for a significant increase in the federal minimum wage and the earned income tax credit. He also calls for grass-roots advocacy and labor unions to reduce inequality.”
Plus we need policies that support #FullEmployment , stronger #EEOC and #ADA laws, and the willingness to use #AntiTrustLaws to breakup #MonopoliesAndCartels to properly #fightInflation .
#poverty #inequality #SevereInequality #SocioeconomicStratification #EliminatePoverty
@JimJoe @rbreich Agree to disagree?
Personally I have a grudge against the exponentially increasing #severeInequality in the US (I’m also not oblivious to world wide inequality and am generally critical of #USimperialism). While it would be nice to not take money so seriously, concentrations of money among the few often directly tranlates to imbalances of power and I think it’s bad for democracy.
@cwillmes He is dangerous. In general I think that the #severeInequality that he represents is dangerous as well.
Can there be very wealthy people? Sure.
Should anyone be able to accumulate millions of times more wealth than average hard working people? I think not.
If there were a 1000 CEOs just as devoted to coldly cutting costs for extra profit as him I firmly believe we would be in a world wide recession or worse.
It’s time to #taxOligarchs like the threat that they are. #taxTheRich
Ian Stuart