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okwithmydecay@leminal.space to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 days ago

Gary Stevenson: 'Tax wealth or we'll return to the feudal age'

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Gary Stevenson: 'Tax wealth or we'll return to the feudal age'

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okwithmydecay@leminal.space to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 days ago
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Gary Stevenson is leading the call for a wealth tax. Can he convince the nation – and the next prime minister – to back his big idea?
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    They literally pay the majority of all tax in a society

    I’m going to have 1000 pizza pies, you’re going to have one. We each need to contribute to the group. You’ll give half of your pizza pie, I’ll give one whole pie. I’m a much bigger contributor than you. No one hungry should be upset with me, especially since I periodically give a slice to the people who bake all the pizzas for me. Enjoy your half pizza.

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      Only that’s not how it works. That’s not how the tax system works.

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        That’s literally how it’s working now. The top 0.1% pays propotionately less than top 10%

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          No they don’t.

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            Yes they do - https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1318404470397885&id=1518151076345001 https://youtube.com/shorts/mL796eqCQko (same lecture snippet) https://youtu.be/uz350LTmusw (full lecture)

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