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  • HaiZhung@feddit.orgtoich_iel@feddit.orgich🙏✝️iel
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    1 month ago

    Es ist ein beliebter Trick, Einkommen und Vermögen zu vermischen.

    In Deutschland ist das Vermögen viel krasser konzentriert als das Einkommen. Wenn wir davon reden, die Überreichen zu besteuern, geht es nicht um Ärzte, Anwälte oder Banker. Es geht um Individuen mit >100 millionen Euro in Assets. 75% von denen haben dieses Vermögen geerbt.

    Du gehörst da wahrscheinlich nicht dazu, und wirst nie dazugehören.



  • One of the most important drivers is the abolition of wealth taxes in the 70‘s. Although there is no exact date on which it happened (since wealth taxation in the US was fairly complicated, and rolled back over several decades); the 70s certainly played a pivotal role.

    With no wealth taxation, nothing stops the ultra rich from amassing all the wealth, outcompeting workers and middle class. That’s what you are seeing here.

    The good news is: all this productivity increase was real. The wealth increase is real. We just have to give it back to the ordinary people, and will see a massive economic boost across the globe. There’s just one little thing stopping us: we gotta tax the ultra rich ;-)











  • It’s oversimplified on purpose. The message needs to be crystal clear, and it needs to be repeated so often that no politician can go into a Talkshow without having to explain themselves why they are not taxing the rich.

    This is the only way to make progress here as a society. You need broad support here.

    Having said that, I actually, earnestly believe that taxing the rich is a prerequisite to

    • solving climate change
    • having a working government
    • reestablishing the social fabric of our society
    • etc.

    If you are curious to learn more how this is backed up by data, you can eg. read „toxisch reich“ by Sebastian Klein (unfortunately only available in German I think)


  • The reason is simple: Neither the center left nor the center right are delivering for the broad human populace. They both protect the ultra rich by not taxing them, which in turn creates a redistribution of wealth from the poor, the middle class AND the state to the ultra rich.

    On a basal level, everyone understands that the economic status quo can not continue. Living standards continue to fall regardless of who is in power, and so it is inevitable that people will demand some sort of drastic change.

    The loudest voice promising change is the alt right.

    The second loudest voice is us, taxing the rich. It must be done, and we need to do all we can to become the loudest voice. We have several more years until the elections in eg. UK and Germany. Let’s do it. Let’s tax the rich.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pUKaB4P5Qns&pp=0gcJCa0JAYcqIYzv