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and yet raising their taxes might save us -- giving us funds for needed projects, and giving them reason to invest more wisely
@Jedigirl @Cyberpreppy but if we eat them...
@Jedigirl the more we feed a cancer...
The rich view everything, especially every crisis, as an opportunity to make money.
Think of that. An opportunity to make money off of human misery
War on Ukraine. Let's raise the value of gas futures. They prolong the war
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2022/12/29/european-natural-gas-prices-return-to-pre-ukraine-war-levels.html
Covid Pandemic. Let's get the biggest corporate bailouts in history. They prolonged the pandemic
https://www.citizen.org/news/corporations-that-received-billions-during-the-pandemic-laid-off-thousands-of-workers-and-gave-ceos-millions/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/business/coronavirus-bailout-spending/
Gaza-Israel. Let's goose stock prices. They're thwarting a ceasefire
https://www.reuters.com/markets/global-markets-middle-east-conflict-2023-10-18/
@Jedigirl Rich people have captured our political system and have consequently ruined America AGAIN! It's definitely a class war, and they've been winning by divide and conquer. If we don't get our shit together again, we're toast.
@Jedigirl The only help you can expect from the rich is if we stop cutting their taxes and start cutting something else of theirs. Forgot the word. Funny thing that sits atop the torso.
@Jedigirl for those in EU: there is now an ongoing citizens initiative you can sign. TAX THE RICH #TaxTheRichFeedThePoor #taxTheRich #eatTheRich https://eci.ec.europa.eu/038/public/#/screen/home
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Cutting the rich would be a more auspicious strategy.
@Jedigirl What exactly do the rich do?