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supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 1 day ago

Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna propose bill to impose wealth tax on billionaires

www.theguardian.com

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Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna propose bill to impose wealth tax on billionaires

www.theguardian.com

supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 1 day ago
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Make billionaires pay their fair share act would apply to those with a net worth of $1bn or more
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  • SinningStromgald@lemmy.world
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    It is nice to read about these things but even sadder knowing there is very little chance of it happening.

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      deleted by creator

      • SinningStromgald@lemmy.world
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        I think you may have commented on the wrong thread by accident.

        I don’t disagree that Iran falling would be bad.

        • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyzOP
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          oops my bad sorry

          • huppakee@piefed.social
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            Not so super now are you /s

            • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyzOP
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              I am not even a damn squirrel, I am a fraud.

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    The percentage of sociopaths involved with creating a society should never be greater than zero.

    Financial obesity is an existential threat to any society that tolerates it, and needs to cease being celebrated, rewarded, and positioned as an aspirational goal.

    Corporations are the only ‘persons’ which should be subjected to capital punishment, but billionaires should be euthanised through taxation.

    Finally, the state doesn’t need these taxes to fund itself, and maintaining that specious link artificially inflates the legitimacy of resource hoarding.

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    It would’ve been nice if this happened BEFORE the rise of oligarchy globally. Ugh…

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      So, like 1940?

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        East India Trading Company checking in…

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    If this happens, those billionaires will have fire some of the Congressmen and Senators on their payroll.

    It’s for the best. I don’t think a probate court has ever adjudicated who inherits the Congressman when a billionaire dies.

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    No polliie is gonna bite the hand that bribes them.

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    🥱 Wake me up whenever it is codified and in practice.

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      This is why it will never happen. Because losers like you go to sleep instead of fighting alongside them.

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    Oh? You mean right-wing fake-leftist Bernie? LMBO like that’ll ever pass

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      Do you stupid ml douchebags even try anymore?

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