alphacyberranger to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agoCalls to tax the superrich grow as economic inequality surgeswww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up11.08Karrow-down126cross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.ee
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minus-square@Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish11•10 months agoConversely there is one simple reason why politicians who hope to get re-elected will never tax the rich. Because that is where all the money is Get the special interests and money out of politics and we may have a chance of taxing them.
minus-square@Saneless@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish8•10 months agoAnd the people who don’t have any money keep voting for the people who are the worst about this
minus-squareXavienthlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-210 months agoThe people who don’t have any money can’t vote for anybody who is good about this because that’s how it’s designed. It’s not our fucking fault. I mean it is; that we haven’t taken power directly.
Conversely there is one simple reason why politicians who hope to get re-elected will never tax the rich.
Because that is where all the money is
Get the special interests and money out of politics and we may have a chance of taxing them.
And the people who don’t have any money keep voting for the people who are the worst about this
The people who don’t have any money can’t vote for anybody who is good about this because that’s how it’s designed. It’s not our fucking fault.
I mean it is; that we haven’t taken power directly.