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Let’s talk about this for a minute. The Walton Family gets $4,000,000 richer every HOUR. The average WalMart employee makes $11 per hour. This is who we are talking about when we talk about wealth taxes that will be used to fund programs like 1/5 https://www.bloomberg.com/features/richest-families-in-the-world/ …
Universal Healthcare, Universal pre-K, debt-free College. This is who referring to when we argue that the minimum wage should be at least $15 per hour-because clearly they will not raise their workers’ hourly wage unless required to. 2/5
This is what we mean when we suggest a top *marginal* tax rate of 70% or more to use for upgrading infrastructure and converting to renewable energy sources. (Please google “marginal tax rate” before arguing that we can’t tax anyone at 70%). 3/5
We have the money in this country to fund *every single thing* that we are talking about. When you say “how will we pay for it?” I’m going to refer you to this article. 4/5
We just have to decide that defending the right of the 99% to pursue life, liberty, and happiness is more valuable than defending the right of the few to accumulate obscene amounts of wealth. 5/5
What I can’t understand is why the obscenely wealthy don’t realize that living in a society with a vibrant working middle class makes life better for everyone including the top earners. Societies with obscene income disparity are more prone to crime, turmoil, disease, & despair.
Eventually our society will collapse and their heirs will reap the consequences. In the meantime, they’re going to keep hoarding everything they can. I’d rather it not get to that, ya’ know?
Exactly. Employers who do the right thing are penalized.
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