AnneI didn't check the math, but the sentiment is the same.
Tax the billionaires at the same rates as the rest of us.
Tax the billionaires at the same rates as the rest of us.
Josh Collinsworth@annecavicchi I did do the math, and aside from the caveat that this is accounting for his net worth (which is not the same as liquid cash or assets), it actually does check out.
meika@annecavicchi if there is a population bust there is a better way .. What we should do is make rich people have lots and lots of children, at least one child per one million dollars. There is no reason Bill Gates or Elon Musk or Gina Rinehart cannot have hundreds of children, if not thousands, thousands I say!
They could get extra wombs attached like butt implants.
This is how we can eradicate poverty. https://medium.com/@whyweshould/mark-dooleys-roger-scruton-and-my-modest-proposal-cd86ce9c493d
RAK@meika @annecavicchi: I really don't want the spawn of Elon Musk lurking the earth, thanks very much.
Blackeyeddog@annecavicchi He owns shares that speculators have pushed to a ridiculous level. He doesn't have the cash. If he sells too many shares the value would evaporate as the speculators panic.
Seb@Blackeyeddog @annecavicchi Someone always says this . It is of course completely irrelevant as you don’t need cash to buy things if you’re rich, just leverage.
Joe Woke@annecavicchi it needs a wealth tax not an income tax for these guys
Alejandro Gaita Ariño 🐌 
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In case somebody wants to double-check it, I ran the numbers and they seem be ok.
52024 years * 365.24 days per year as a decent approximation for leap stuff * 10000$ per day = 190 012 457 600, so 190 billion, 12 million... and let's say a further half a million. Let's not care about months and days. 190 billion.
Forbes real time millionaires says musk is worth 210.5 B$ > 190 B$.
In case somebody wants to double-check it, I ran the numbers and they seem be ok.
52024 years * 365.24 days per year as a decent approximation for leap stuff * 10000$ per day = 190 012 457 600, so 190 billion, 12 million... and let's say a further half a million. Let's not care about months and days. 190 billion.
Forbes real time millionaires says musk is worth 210.5 B$ > 190 B$.
snaeqe@annecavicchi
But.. Wouldn't that be communism? 😱
But.. Wouldn't that be communism? 😱
mesa keith 
@snaeqe @annecavicchi A dirty, collectivizing...
The Banana Republics
@snaeqe nope.
Clot@annecavicchi Surely you’d find some sort of investment plan that would earn you more on the money you were saving? Maybe an Icer.
Incredibish
Xucaen ☮️💚🌿The math is correct but it's it a realistic analogy? I think it does help to put these insanely large numbers into perspective. ✌️
@Xucaen You forgot the 365 days/year ;)
52024 years x 365 days x $10,000 day
In any event, it is a crazy big number!
52024 years x 365 days x $10,000 day
In any event, it is a crazy big number!
Joshua A.C. Newman@annecavicchi Checks out. It’s $182B (plus or minus a few GDPs).
Daniel Blake@annecavicchi about $190bn
James Harvey@annecavicchi does he actually *have* that though, or is all just shares in companies that produce rusting trucks and exploding rockets?