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rusticus, (edited ) to asklemmy in What are the best steps to reduce the wealth of billionaires?

Nearly all billionaires have unrealized wealth, meaning they own a large percentage of a giant corporation (ie Bezos, Musk). So taxing them for money they don’t really own won’t work. But there is a better solution.

There are 38 companies in the US whose yearly revenue is greater than 100 BILLION dollars. In fact, the total amount of revenue over 100 billion for these companies combined is a bit shy of the US government yearly budget.

No company needs to revenue that much. Tax the revenue (ie 5%) over 100 billion revenue. This has the added benefit of helping to prevent monopolies and “too big to fail”.

Here is the list and revenue in case you think these companies don’t need to be taxed lol. …wikipedia.org/…/List_of_largest_companies_in_the…

Edit: Extra easter egg: The tax rate that you set could be changed each year to meet the amount of the federal deficit (ie the amount the government “overspends”). This would have the added advantage of limiting excessive government spending because politicians would have to explain to the largest corporations why they are spending their money. And you get a guaranteed balanced budget every year!

rusticus, to asklemmy in So is the US slipping into Civil War?

lol. Every additional illegal immigrant makes Texas SAFER. www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2014704117

rusticus, to asklemmy in So is the US slipping into Civil War?

Why are your lunatics so energetic, crazy and numerous?

Simple, Russian and Chinese bots on social media designed to foment division, anger, and the destruction of western democracy. It’s the exact same thing that led to Brexit and the election of Trump. And it will get worse until we get a handle on blocking bad actors on social media.

rusticus, to asklemmy in So is the US slipping into Civil War?

No this is all Republican division. It’s their only playbook to rally their base. The take home message for everyone is VOTE, VOTE, VOTE. Before the election started up we had a nice quiet 2-1/2 years. This kind of shit only appeals to those that love the chaos that Trump will bring back.

rusticus, to memes in The "Left"

Amazing to me that Trumpists have zero self awareness.

These “signs of fascism” docs should add “a blind and ignorant base”.

rusticus, to memes in The "Left"
rusticus, to asklemmy in Are Americans more prone to conspiracy theories than people in other countries?

This 100%

rusticus, (edited ) to memes in He'll be the death of us all.

History. Since 1972, the Iowa caucuses have had a 55% success rate at predicting which Democrat, and a 43% success rate at predicting which Republican, will go on to win the nomination of their political party for president at that party’s national convention. Source: Wiki

rusticus, to memes in He'll be the death of us all.
rusticus, (edited ) to asklemmy in The 2024 US Presidential race officially starts Monday, what are your predictions for Iowa?

Trump will win. Trump will win. And every human on the planet not named Drumpf will lose.

Edit: and animal

rusticus, to asklemmy in What's an alternative to Spotify that doesn't play you the same fucking songs over and over?

I am when Apple Music pays the artists 3x what Spotify does per stream. At least my money is going to the content creators, not some dickhead Spotify exec.

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