I’m sorry, but how can you be upset about frontline workers making a living wage when Jeff Bezos made $13,000,000,000 in a single day during the pandemic?
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En réponse à @dustinkeeton @RBReich
Not giving them tax breaks for the sake of trickle down economics...That's the wealth cap we need
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En réponse à @Ganellajay @RBReich
That would be a modest proposal. It should be the starting goal, as it is much more manageable to achieve. Still, there is no good for society related to unlimited personal wealth, especially while it remains the root cause of others' inability to have their basic needs met.
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En réponse à @dustinkeeton @RBReich
//Takes away the sense of freedom in America that you can make as much as you can, but you still are required to pay taxes like anybody else. A wealth cap won't help if it creates a thick ceiling that the rich see as oppresive
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En réponse à @Ganellajay @RBReich
I agree that some would become disincentivized that they couldn't make $1 billion. But wouldn't this allow for the opportunity for more to make $10 million? Enabling the American Dream for more, would be the goal - not satiating imaginations that is only a reality for the few.
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En réponse à @dustinkeeton @RBReich
But if they capped on how much money they were "allowed" to have then how would the money be taken out of their pockets and distributed? They'd have to get used to taxes, but garnishing wages just feels like the wrong incentive here. They'd probably just move somewhere else
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You're right. Which is why I said humanity, and not "the US". For clarity, properly taxing the rich is a better plan, as it is more achievable. But to your point, they'd just find a tax haven somewhere else. Our priorities shouldn't be bullied down by hypotheticals.
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