Church of Jeff#NoBillionaires #EatTheRich #TaxTheRich #GuillotinesWork #AreYouMadeOfCake
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This is how morally bankrupt all those billionaires you suck dick for really are.
ferricoxide@jeffowski
As someone for whom a literal "$1000 in your pocket" would be "real money", while I might want to give $65, my life circumstances would likely preclude me from doing so.
…but I get the point Cox is trying to make.
As someone for whom a literal "$1000 in your pocket" would be "real money", while I might want to give $65, my life circumstances would likely preclude me from doing so.
…but I get the point Cox is trying to make.
@jeffowski
Ultimately, I feel it's less a question of "asking" them to help than undoing the policies that simultaneously created the civic financial-shortfalls while fostering the explosion in the number of obscenely-wealthy.
Ultimately, I feel it's less a question of "asking" them to help than undoing the policies that simultaneously created the civic financial-shortfalls while fostering the explosion in the number of obscenely-wealthy.
Stephen Elliott~BuckleyXactly
I'm looking for a 25% wealth tax/year on families worth more than $200m, dropping to 5% when they're down to $78m.
#cdnpoli #canada #mexico #fascism #antifa #antifascist #elbowsup #bcpoli #vancouver #burnabybc #canlab #bcgreens #bcndp
@Maxfieldripken @jeffowski
A huge part of the problem, at least in the US, is that the wealthy are often using untaxable financial instruments — frequently, being paid in stock or similar non-liquid assets — rather than "regular Schmoe", payroll-style (taxable) earnings. While I'm not saying "tax unrealized gains" (on those instruments), one should tax the hell out of effective gains (e.g., when one uses the value of those non-liquid assets as collateral/leverage for acquiring further assets). Basically, if banks are giving you $100Mn against your non-liquid assets, then tax the fuck out of that $100Mn.
Basically, a "if _you're_ going to take personal benefits from those assets, society gets its cut of those benefits" taxing-posture.
A huge part of the problem, at least in the US, is that the wealthy are often using untaxable financial instruments — frequently, being paid in stock or similar non-liquid assets — rather than "regular Schmoe", payroll-style (taxable) earnings. While I'm not saying "tax unrealized gains" (on those instruments), one should tax the hell out of effective gains (e.g., when one uses the value of those non-liquid assets as collateral/leverage for acquiring further assets). Basically, if banks are giving you $100Mn against your non-liquid assets, then tax the fuck out of that $100Mn.
Basically, a "if _you're_ going to take personal benefits from those assets, society gets its cut of those benefits" taxing-posture.
U.Lancier@jeffowski How many people are there with 100 billion to their name? for those it'd feel like spending 65$ feels to someone with a $ 100.000 wealth where that'd fix the plumbing in some school.
Raymond RussellIf I can put my super cynical 'logic' hat on.
The system that allows me to have $1000 dollars in my pocket at the moment also allows Flints water to be fucked. So I wouldn't want to upset the system that gives me the $1000.
Nicole ParsonsLet's become familiar with the names of these billionaires & their anti-democracy trust funds.
Bradley, Koch, Coors, Scaife Mellon, Seid, Uihlein
Charles Koch turned 90 in November & he's set aside enough money to rule from the grave.
https://popular.info/p/charles-kochs-5-billion-tax-loophole
Election subversion planning is well underway.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2025/07/17/bill-gates-charles-koch-and-three-other-billionaires-are-giving-1-billion-to-enhance-economic-mobility-in-the-us/
The weird & hypocritical names Koch assigns to his fascist nonprofits...
Stand Together
Americans For Prosperity
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"Unlike a traditional 501(c)3 nonprofit–which includes the private charitable foundations commonly used by wealthy individuals–a C4 can own an entire for-profit company indefinitely and (so long as these activities support its principal purpose) benefit private individuals; engage in an unlimited amount of issue lobbying; and get directly involved in politics."
"Tax evasion will fund fascism forever. Globally."
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/guardian-koch-trump-tax-cuts-extension/
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These folks delude themselves that they've bought permanent one-party rule...globally.
1. Elon Musk $291,482,587
2. Timothy Mellon $197,047,200
3. Miriam Adelson $148,304,900
4. Richard Uihlein $143,498,936
5. Ken Griffin $108,402,284
6. Jeff Yass $101,128,680
7. Paul E. Singer $66,800,800
8. Marc Andreessen $42,365,113
9. Stephen Schwarzman $40,202,039
10. Timothy Dunn $35,780,200
11. Rob Bigelow $34,991,500
12. Diane Hendricks $33,165,417
13. JJ Ricketts $32,273,650
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These folks delude themselves that their wealth will shield them from the consequences of fascism; world war, for example.
14. Shirley W. Ryan $32,198,116
15. Warren A. Stephens $25,895,650
16. Laura Perlmutter $25,344,890
17. Vince & Linda McMahon $23,961,659
18. Ronnie & Nina Cameron $21,372,500
19. Jan Koum $20,855,091
20. Thomas Klingenstein $17,410,263
21. Rob Walton $17,572,601
22. Janet J. Duchossois $16,306,033
23. Howard W. Lutnick $16,503,667
24. Kelcy L. Warren $16,151,105
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These fools believe that their self-serving "Policies of Immiseration" will go unnoticed forever
25. Walter W. Jr. Buckley $15,522,500
26. Thomas Peterffy $14,305,900
27. Anthony Pratt $14,000,000
28. Sherrilyn Fisher $13,299,894
29. David Millstone $13,413,486
30. Lynne Walton $13,037,750
31. Charles Schwab $12,801,600
32. Stephen Wynn $12,518,750
33. Anthony Lomangino $9,529,705
34. J. Christopher Reyes $9,536,425
35. Jay Winters Faison $9,084,324
36. James Davis $8,497,854
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These fools believe that their depravity is a feature not a bug.
37. John W. Childs $8,694,286
38. Patricia Duggan $8,446,099
39. Richard G. Haworth $7,500,800
40. Marc J. Rowan $8,721,299
41. Jeffrey & Loeffler Specher $7,052,013
42. John L. III Nau $7,030,556
43. Shannon V. Addison $6,757,065
44. Robert H. Book $6,986,387
45. Susan Fox $6,687,414
46. Patricia Perkins-Leone $6,606,600
47. Jeffrey Hildebrand $6,508,389
48. Bernard Marcus $9,397,150
49. Steve Brodie $6,481,298
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The dopes believe that they can escape the consequences of frying the planet.
50. Daniel Newlin $6,063,928
51. Trevor D. Rees-Jones $5,765,124
52. Sarah Perot $5,643,416
53. Harold C. Simmons $5,596,530
54. Kelly Navarro $5,373,100
55. Alice Walton $10,248,000
56. Rob Granieri $5,587,899
https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/biggest-donors
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These entities need more attention focused on what they're doing to the 99% & the planet.
Anonymity be damned
1. SpaceX $288,723,409
2. Adelson Clinic/Miriam Adelson $146,881,700
3. Uline Inc $146,027,201
4. Citadel LLC $108,669,316
5. Susquehanna International Group $101,468,362
6. Andreessen Horowitz $89,036,553
7. Empower Parents PAC $82,500,000
8. Coinbase $79,008,020
9. Elliott Management $68,846,510
10. Securing American Greatness $67,558,284
11. Senate Leadership Fund $67,445,300
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https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/01/trump-club-for-growth-00144547
Hypocrites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_for_Growth_Action
12. Club for Growth $59,846,594
13. Koch Inc $49,092,685
14. Blackstone Group $48,609,890
15. Stand Together Chamber of Commerce $44,801,948
16. Restoration PAC $41,168,363
17. Crownquest Operating $35,752,512
18. Bigelow Aerospace $34,991,590
19. Building America's Future $33,670,000
20. Stephens Inc $27,343,518
21. British American Tobacco $26,175,838
22. American Prosperity Alliance $22,549,000
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Criminalizing protests & dissent.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/climate/greenpeace-energy-transfer-lawsuit-netherlands.html
https://davidsuzuki.org/story/u-s-pipeline-giants-greenpeace-lawsuit-is-attack-on-freedoms/
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/20/greenpeace-energy-transfer-verdict-reactions
23. Manzanita Management Group $22,159,143
24. America First Action/America First Policies $21,724,798
25. Mountaire Corp $21,375,080
26. Reyes Holdings $21,192,607
27. Energy Transfer LP $19,321,695
28. Hendricks Holding Co $19,306,538
https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/top-organizations
Lot⁴⁹@Npars01 1/2 "After the Nazis seized power in Germany, Krupp supported the regime and was one of many German businesses that profited from slave labor during World War II. Upon the war's end, the head of the company, Alfried Krupp, was tried and convicted as a war criminal for employing prisoners of war, foreign civilians and concentration camp inmates under inhumane conditions in support of the Nazi war effort." Great, huh?
@Npars01 2/2 Maybe not: "Despite being sentenced to imprisonment for twelve years, he served just three and was pardoned (but not acquitted) by John J. McCloy. As a result of this pardon, all of Krupp's holdings were restored."
Levka"John J. McCloy's Letter to John W. Pehle Concerning the Bombing of Auschwitz"
@LevZadov @Npars01 Interesting letter. Not sure I don't agree with McCloy in that instance. There was no shortage of worthy targets in Europe. Inmates would almost certainly have been killed by "precision" bombing, which has never been all that precise. The Germans could have kept slaughtering Jews, gypsies, gays, etc, only perhaps with reduced efficiency.
This letter needs to be read in context.
https://www.thehistoryreader.com/historical-figures/hitlers-american-friends-henry-ford-and-nazism/
https://susanronald.com/books-panel/hitlers-aristocrats/
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300256420/the-newspaper-axis/
https://www.rachelmaddow.com/prequel-by-rachel-maddow/
Overlook the euphemisms surrounding the fact that America was a source of inspiration for Hitler.
Corporations like Rockefeller's Standard Oil and Henry Ford supported what Hitler was doing.
They dressed up inaction against crimes against humanity as "just prioritizing", just as the...
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... mainstream media today dresses up elites defecting to fascism as "protecting shareholder value".
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/koch-network-2024-election-trump.html
Disguise it how they like, it is still fascism funded by fossil fuel interests.
Then & now.
https://newrepublic.com/article/104346/standard-oil-axis-ally
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_collaboration_with_Nazi_Germany
https://www.shellnazihistory.com/?cat=106
Then & Now
https://www.newsweek.com/welcome-age-dumb-kissinger-opinion-2081088
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Possible proof of an antisemitic alignment of values between Nazism & American bigots.
They let them off easy.
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/american-justice-at-nuremberg-military-tribunals
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/history/articles/clemency-nazi-war-criminals
https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/12/obituaries/john-j-mccloy-lawyer-and-diplomat-is-dead-at-93.html
Kissinger would later use the same specious excuses as self-justification for Cambodia & his racist "realpolitik"
https://unherd.com/2023/11/the-tragedy-behind-kissingers-statecraft/
It's a tactic still being used today to cover for rich people's fascism.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/11/15/2353745/-Puppets-of-realpolitik-An-excerpt-from-my-war-book
Wulfy—Speaker to the machinesWorse yet, to understand the mindset...
"Tax evasion is a crime...
Tax minimisation is a (fiduciary) OBLIGATION"
- EX PM of Australia
wb x64@Npars01 @jeffowski one wonders if his angle is a little more like "sticks together strong" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasces
Koch Network is the John Birch Society in billionaire drag.
Yes, the ultrawealthy are working in coordination to end democracy & fry the planet.
Dividing others as part of the strategy.
They attack unions & hijack institutions to prevent the formation of organized opposition.
They believe in coordination & organization only for themselves. They believe in prosperity, but only for themselves
Everywhere their policies were enacted, the lives of average people are worsened
@jeffowski
I'm looking for a 25% wealth tax/year on families worth more than $200m, dropping to 5% when they're down to $78m.
#cdnpoli #canada #mexico #fascism #antifa #antifascist #elbowsup #bcpoli #vancouver #burnabybc #canlab #bcgreens #bcndp
#EndBillionaires
I'm looking for a 25% wealth tax/year on families worth more than $200m, dropping to 5% when they're down to $78m.
#cdnpoli #canada #mexico #fascism #antifa #antifascist #elbowsup #bcpoli #vancouver #burnabybc #canlab #bcgreens #bcndp
#EndBillionaires
Elon Muksis 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇪🇺
Moz@jeffowski remember when Elon Musk promised to end world hunger and then changed his mind?
World Food Programme remembers. They spent quite a lot of effort coming up with a detailed plan. Then Lord Musk of Mars said "yeah, nah".
https://organizeforliving.com/did-elon-musk-offer-to-end-world-hunger/
A@jeffowski it is even worse, because nothing in their actual lives would change. they would still use their private jets and super yatchs, it is not like they would even have to restrain in any way.
jmjm@jeffowski if they were going to donate money they didn't need in the first place, they'd never get to be billionaires.
If only there was some way to require that all rich people give some fair fraction of their wealth to people well suited to figuring out how to use that money for the common good.
Deb Nam-Krane@jmjm You mean, like, a mandatory contribution people make in order to make sure things run and don't fall apart? And maybe--what's that phrase?--means tested? Oh my god, that's such a crazy idea. @jeffowski
gkrnours@jeffowski remember the time elon musk said if someone if we give him a roadmap to fix world hunger with 6 billions dollar he wiukd finance it, a big org like the ONU stepped in, provided the roadmap and he went yeah naaah?
Alexander Goeres 𒀯@Church of Jeff most people really don't understand what a big number a billion is: 1000 millions. a million thousands! 0.1 percent of a billion is a million.
Aral Balkan@jeffowski @selmins Imagine you know someone who made $1000 by paying people 10c for every dollar of value they created for them (in other words, by stealing $900 from others). Would you even bother asking that person if he’d spend $65 to provide safe drinking water to almost half a million people? You already know what kind of person you’re talking to.
@jeffowski @selmins (This is an oversimplification, of course. Billionaires don’t just steal from their employees, they also destroy the environment for profit, prop up fascism for profit, etc.)
Aiono@jeffowski it's even worse. For someone having 1000$, 65$ may be a significant sum. But if you have 1 billion $, 65 million $ would literally have no effect on your life.