"To make our economies secure and protect the earner way of life that has defined the modern era, we need wealth taxes that end the two-tier treatment of wealth," says a new report.
  • would_be_appreciated@lemmy.mlEnglish
    153·
    29 days ago

    tax of 1.7% to 3.5% to the richest 0.5% of the country’s households

    We could try something more like a 95% wealth tax and really fix some problems.

  • FiveMacsEnglish
    111·
    29 days ago

    Tax em so hard they can’t kill the planet anymore.

  • RubberDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    28 days ago

    Two thousand one hundred… billion.

    2.100.000.000.000

    By marginally taxing a group of people you could fit on a cruise ship…

    • DJDarren@thelemmy.clubEnglish
      71·
      28 days ago

      Yes yes, true, but then they would have less money. They might even have to rescind their membership of the Three Comma Club, and could you have that on your conscience?

  • zcdEnglish
    81·
    29 days ago

    Could raise a lot more than that

  • mox@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    81·
    29 days ago

    I wonder how much money could be raised without new or raised taxes, but simply by closing tax evasion avoidance loopholes used by rich people and corporations.

  • Laura@lemmy.mlEnglish
    83·
    29 days ago

    how about we just kill the 1000 richest people on earth and take their wealth

    • Icalasari@fedia.io
      91·
      29 days ago

      That does seem more realistic than them allowing people to take their wealth. I swear they are like dragons - They’ll cling to their hoard even if it means their death