Andrea Junker Oct 25, 2024

Wealth of Elon Musk
2012: $2,000,000,000
2024: $273,000,000,000

Wealth of Jeff Bezos
2012: $18,400,000,000
2024: $207,100,000,000

Wealth of Mark Zuckerberg
2012: $17,500,000,000
2024: $200,000,000,000

Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2024: $7.25

Three words: tax the rich.

Show threadErik Kemp 🇪🇺Oct 25, 2024

@Strandjunker Agreed! And yet when people try to organise a European Citizen's Initiative called 'Tax the rich' it only receives 349.674 out of the 1.000.000 needed signatures: https://www.tax-the-rich.eu/ .

So either:
1) People agree on taxing the rich, but don't care enough about changing it to become politically active

2) Those who find this topic important don't know how to bring together people and movements along a common goal.

Tax The Rich

Nous voulons un impôt européen sur les grandes fortunes pour financer la transition climatique et sociale et aider les pays victimes des dérèglements climatiques.

Tax The Rich
Show threadJames Wells

@erikkemp
It it more likely option 3;
People don't want to tax the rich because they think they are going to win the lottery and become rich.

@Strandjunker

Oct 25, 2024 at 10:46pmWeb
Show threadfloydgumpOct 25, 2024
@nikatjef @erikkemp @Strandjunker Yep a lot of fools chasing the delusional fool's gold.
Show threadrootfakeOct 26, 2024
@gumpfloyd @nikatjef @erikkemp @Strandjunker yeah, the whole "Americans don't view themselves as working class, they view themselves as temporarily embarrassed billionaires" thing is a huge part of the problem, it explains so much of American behavior.