One of the most frustrating things youll see today: Jeff Bezos wealth visualized in pixels

[Rekkapryde]

There doesnt even need to be a cap. Return top marginal tax rates to where they were before Reagan got in and a whole bunch of domino’s fall. Go back 40 years before that and suddenly infrastructure can be paid for, colleges will have oodles of state funding, etc. It would be damn near like the post war boom so long as the pay actually went to the people in the form of more fleshed out tax bases and higher incomes.

Yup.

But too many dummies who won't even come remotely close to that kind of wealth will argue against it.

 

[SadimirPutin]

This man made $200 billion by creating a company with working conditions so horrendous that the average employee only lasts 10 months....but Coli Capitalists in here on their knees for him.



WTF do y'all think the money for reparations is going to come from if 1% of the country is hoarding a full half of the available wealth?

They would likely jump in front of a Maglev train protecting the name/rep of Elon Musk

 

[Professor Emeritus]

I agree with what you're saying, but Higher taxes never works, and it's a shame the media has convinced people that doing that is the solution

Except, you know, for the fact that all the well-functioning states have higher taxes than all the shytty failing states and the best economic periods in US history taxed the rich at a much higher rate than today.

 

[Wild self]

@Wild self look how many people are ok with this

Coli Capialists have superficial dreams of driving Lambos, Rolls Royces, and Bentleys and live like Birdman tricking on IG thots and being like Future.

I swear that worshipping billionaires is some stupid shyt.

 

[JLova]

I agree with what you're saying, but Higher taxes never works, and it's a shame the media has convinced people that doing that is the solution

They should pay costs on the front end and give equity or some kind of subsidies to the 3rd world country they are extracting the resources from. Let the people of that country get the benefit of the high tech products that are created from it. That would help those countries and also decrease these large Corporation's overall profit

Raising taxes on the back end never works

Sure, whatever works. They just have to pay. Taxes can be tricky but there needs to be a way for the government to extract money out of these companies and have them pay for shyt.

 

[50CentStan]

Except, you know, for the fact that all the well-functioning states have higher taxes than all the shytty failing states and the best economic periods in US history taxed the rich at a much higher rate than today.

We dont need higher taxes we need to close the loopholes so the uber rich cant skate by paying $0

 

[Professor Emeritus]

We dont need higher taxes we need to close the loopholes so the uber rich cant skate by paying $0

Both would be nice.

But every time someone campaigns on, "We don't need to raise taxes I'm just going to close the loopholes!", he somehow leaves office with the rich paying even less than they did before.

 

[skokiaan]

The US Gov if they wanted could give everyone free health care and decent energy efficient housing by cutting annual military spending 20%...and still manage to bully the world

 

[UpAndComing]

Except, you know, for the fact that all the well-functioning states have higher taxes than all the shytty failing states and the best economic periods in US history taxed the rich at a much higher rate than today.

Higher taxes on Corporations never work. Stop truncating my entire posts to fit a goofy narrative

Nice try

 

[UpAndComing]

Sure, whatever works. They just have to pay. Taxes can be tricky but there needs to be a way for the government to extract money out of these companies and have them pay for shyt.

True. The problem is the Government can't be trusted when it comes to Billion dollar businesses. They are the reason these Corporations are as powerful as they are. They are the ones who created those Railroad Laws in the late 1800s to strengthen large corporations, and amendments to make Corporations have the same rights has a human. Look up any Real Estate Development project that deals with decimating Black communities and Poor communities so they can build shopping malls, stadiums, and highways. It always has to be approved by the Local, State, or Federal Government first

The only way to take money out of the Billion dollar company's pockets is on the front end when they are exploiting and taking resources in those foreign countries

Taxes on the backend when they have already made their money and created their products are futile, on top of powerful Lobbyists doing underhand deals with the government

 

[Genos]

Lol brehs are really caping for this?

This is why I take all the anti white supremacy stance from many people to just be an asthetic thing. Not that many people really hate white supremacy, they just want a seat at the table.

 

[staticshock]

The average white family has 10x as much money as the average black family.

Capitalism is literally designed to ensure that people with money will continue getting richer at the expense of the people without money. Even if 1 in 100 poor folk eventually become rich, it's impossible for that to ever be anything more than an exception to the rule because the entire system is DESGINED to ensure that rich people make profits and poor people pay debts.

You're for a system that doesn't have a single possible outcome other than black folk continuing to be fukked over indefinitely.

im doing pretty good for myself and family .

what the fukk is socialism or whatever you idealize will do? Do you believe systematic racism will disappear with socialism?

 

[staticshock]

Lol brehs are really caping for this?

This is why I take all the anti white supremacy stance from many people to just be an asthetic thing. Not that many people really hate white supremacy, they just want a seat at the table.

there are black millionaires

 

[Professor Emeritus]

im doing pretty good for myself and family .

Typical TLR bullshyt, suddenly Black oppression and reparations are meaningless because "you" are doing fine.

what the fukk is socialism or whatever you idealize will do? Do you believe systematic racism will disappear with socialism?

A system that doesn't automatically multiple the power of the wealthy wouldn't end racism but it sure as hell would limit the potential damage. Why would you for a system that literally makes it easier for the oppressor to oppress?

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Lol brehs are really caping for this?

This is why I take all the anti white supremacy stance from many people to just be an asthetic thing. Not that many people really hate white supremacy, they just want a seat at the table.

And like clockwork that fool just openly said, "I don't care about other Black folk cause I'm doing fine" with a smiley and everything.