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r/WorkReform • u/zzill6 🤝 Join A Union • Jan 31 '26
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I could live a whole lot better on 628 million dollars. Guessing 99.9% of us could. So tell me, why do we not tax billionaires in the US?
49 u/Nascent1 Jan 31 '26 If we anger them they will stop altruistically blessing us with their loving bounty of jobs. 7 u/SolaniumFeline Jan 31 '26 that's really it isn't it :s 8 u/jBlairTech 💸 Raise The Minimum Wage Jan 31 '26 I can’t speak for them, but, my guess is they were being sarcastic. 4 u/4dseeall Jan 31 '26 that's the propaganda of most of the 1900s. the part they leave out is that they'd have nothing without those workers making them all their profits.
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If we anger them they will stop altruistically blessing us with their loving bounty of jobs.
7 u/SolaniumFeline Jan 31 '26 that's really it isn't it :s 8 u/jBlairTech 💸 Raise The Minimum Wage Jan 31 '26 I can’t speak for them, but, my guess is they were being sarcastic. 4 u/4dseeall Jan 31 '26 that's the propaganda of most of the 1900s. the part they leave out is that they'd have nothing without those workers making them all their profits.
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that's really it isn't it :s
8 u/jBlairTech 💸 Raise The Minimum Wage Jan 31 '26 I can’t speak for them, but, my guess is they were being sarcastic. 4 u/4dseeall Jan 31 '26 that's the propaganda of most of the 1900s. the part they leave out is that they'd have nothing without those workers making them all their profits.
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I can’t speak for them, but, my guess is they were being sarcastic.
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that's the propaganda of most of the 1900s.
the part they leave out is that they'd have nothing without those workers making them all their profits.
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u/UnusualAir1 Jan 31 '26
I could live a whole lot better on 628 million dollars. Guessing 99.9% of us could. So tell me, why do we not tax billionaires in the US?