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minus-squarepiccolo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoOk… if i give up my phone, i feed a family for a week. If bezo gives up a yacht, he feeds 1,000 familes for life. See the problem here?
minus-squareLauchs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoExcept there are many more non billionaires than billionaires. There are some 750ish billionaires in the US. Median American has a net worth of about 200k. So, 5,000 median Americans gets you about a billion. Divide the American population (~333 million) and lo and behold, worth about 66,666 billionaires. So, in other words, blaming billionaires is easy but really…
minus-squarepiccolo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoYes, which is why step taxation was implemented… the richer you are the more you’re expected to return back to society.
minus-squareLauchs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoYes and the billionaires, while still having loopholes, still give back way more to society than we do. Unsure what point you’re trying to make.
minus-squarepiccolo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoWhat they give back is miniscule in what they take. What is the point you’re trying to make?
minus-squareLauchs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThere are many more non billionaires than billionaires. There are some 750ish billionaires in the US. Median American has a net worth of about 200k. So, 5,000 median Americans gets you about a billion. Divide the American population (~333 million) and lo and behold, worth about 66,666 billionaires. So, in other words, blaming billionaires is easy but really…
Ok… if i give up my phone, i feed a family for a week. If bezo gives up a yacht, he feeds 1,000 familes for life. See the problem here?
Except there are many more non billionaires than billionaires. There are some 750ish billionaires in the US.
Median American has a net worth of about 200k. So, 5,000 median Americans gets you about a billion.
Divide the American population (~333 million) and lo and behold, worth about 66,666 billionaires.
So, in other words, blaming billionaires is easy but really…
Yes, which is why step taxation was implemented… the richer you are the more you’re expected to return back to society.
Yes and the billionaires, while still having loopholes, still give back way more to society than we do.
Unsure what point you’re trying to make.
What they give back is miniscule in what they take.
What is the point you’re trying to make?
There are many more non billionaires than billionaires. There are some 750ish billionaires in the US.
Median American has a net worth of about 200k. So, 5,000 median Americans gets you about a billion.
Divide the American population (~333 million) and lo and behold, worth about 66,666 billionaires.
So, in other words, blaming billionaires is easy but really…