fossilesque@mander.xyz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoGlobal super-rich may have hidden $3.55tn from tax officials, says Oxfamwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoWell this would be 3.5T times whatever the tax rate was (probably different for different people unless it was just a Americans). But even if it’s just one trillion, that could be used to drive a lot of change.
minus-squareAnalogHole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoNo. Imagine if instead of hoarding wealth we actually used it to the benefit of humanity.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThen you’ll want to abolish private property and currency altogether, not tax billionaires.
minus-squareAnalogHole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoOmg that would be horrible…
Well this would be 3.5T times whatever the tax rate was (probably different for different people unless it was just a Americans). But even if it’s just one trillion, that could be used to drive a lot of change.
No. Imagine if instead of hoarding wealth we actually used it to the benefit of humanity.
Then you’ll want to abolish private property and currency altogether, not tax billionaires.
Omg that would be horrible…