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minus-squareconst_void@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42arrow-down8·9 months agoThe tax should be even higher. No one needs $100 billion.
minus-squareBalefirex [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down3·9 months agoNo one needs $1 billion
minus-squareLurker123 [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down3·9 months agoGod the insanity of that wealth is hard to fathom. Nobody needs $100m, which is itself a totally insignificant amount compared to $1b… and we’re talking people with hundreds of billions :/
minus-squareserpentofnumbers@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·9 months agofor real. $400m is closer to $0 than it is to $1b
minus-squareDialectdezenuts [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·9 months agoOwning over $100 million is a glitch and they should be permabanned from life for cheating. Or we could implement Pac-Man mechanics and if you get that rich you wrap around and start again as a villager in some food-insecure war zone.
minus-squareherpington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoHow do you handle a CEO owning stock worth that amount in the marketplace, then?
minus-squareSmk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·9 months agoThey don’t. No one can explain how a wealth tax work because it doesn’t work.
minus-squareherpington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoMy issue wasn’t with a wealth tax (even though I’m against it), but pulling some arbitrary wealth cap out of thin air opens a lot of questions that many people don’t consider the implications of.
The tax should be even higher. No one needs $100 billion.
No one needs $1 billion
God the insanity of that wealth is hard to fathom.
Nobody needs $100m, which is itself a totally insignificant amount compared to $1b… and we’re talking people with hundreds of billions :/
for real. $400m is closer to $0 than it is to $1b
Owning over $100 million is a glitch and they should be permabanned from life for cheating.
Or we could implement Pac-Man mechanics and if you get that rich you wrap around and start again as a villager in some food-insecure war zone.
How do you handle a CEO owning stock worth that amount in the marketplace, then?
They don’t. No one can explain how a wealth tax work because it doesn’t work.
My issue wasn’t with a wealth tax (even though I’m against it), but pulling some arbitrary wealth cap out of thin air opens a lot of questions that many people don’t consider the implications of.
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