• MortUS@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    We really need to tax the mega rich. I compiled this list of numbers after the President speech last night, it’s kinda wild:

    $            99,000 - National Median Income is less than $100 thousand.
    $         1,000,000 - 1 Million Dollars.
    $       485,000,000 - Cut Funds to International Relations and whatever.
    $     1,000,000,000 - 1 Billion Dollars. There are over 400 Billionaires in America.
    $    22,000,000,000 - Cut Funds to American Social Serivces through HHS (Human & Health Services).
    $   244,000,000,000 - Elon Musks Net Worth.
    $ 1,620,000,000,000 - 1 Trillion Dollars - Meta (Facebooks) Corporate Net Worth.
    $19,900,000,000,000 - The U.S. Deficit in Jan 2017 (Obama to Trump)
    $27,800,000,000,000 - The U.S. Deficit in Jan 2021 (Trump to Biden)
    $36,000,000,000,000 - The U.S. Deficit in Jan 2025 (Biden to Trump)
    

    (List of Mentioned Trump Cuts)

    • exploitedamerican@lemm.ee
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      12 hours ago

      There are like 760 billionaires last i checked. If we redistributed half the wealth of the top 1% every American would get $69,000 and those rich bastards would still have on average $5,000,000 each.

    • Rachel@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      22 hours ago

      Yup it’s really the clear solution but when the ultra rich control the government then it won’t happen.

      • MortUS@lemmy.world
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        19 hours ago

        Maybe, but if we convince enough people to leave their homes, maybe we can be loud enough to call for change…