Comment on There are only like 3,000 billionaires and they're not physically imposing people.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social 17 hours ago
The thing that annoys me the most is the amount of money it takes to protect their wealth.
Even if you factor out tings like the police and the army, the money paid for private guards and security alone is in the hundreds of millions. Add in the accountants, lawyers, bankers, and associated finance gurus and you’ve got enough to make college free for everyone on Earth.
The thing that annoys me the most is the amount of money it takes to protect their wealth…the money paid for private guards and security alone is in the hundreds of millions.
Considering the above “protecting your wealth” instead of simply protecting yourself from hostile third parties is extremely disingenuous.
simply protecting yourself from hostile third parties
That is some seriously bootlicking, euphemistic nonsense right there.
I’m simply not equivocating protecting one’s person and protecting one’s assets, since it makes no sense to equivocate them.
It’s seriously absurd to call that “bootlicking”, and you’re only calling it “euphemistic” because you failed to grasp what was a very simply-stated statement.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
That about sums it up. They’ll spend a million to prevent giving a thousand to the poor.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
And that goes for all of these fucking leeches: The beloved pop star. The legendary athlete. The really nice lady who gave away ten billion. The soft-spoken revered investment guru who cosplays as middle class.
Every damn one of them.
Mac@mander.xyz 14 hours ago
million
fine, I’ll settle for 10 million
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
No, a flat amount will never work. Make it a multiple of some figure, like average wage. That way it actually changes with inflation and we don’t have a situation where the the inflation adjusted minimum wage is 6 times the actual federal minimum wage.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Agreed.
Dozzi92@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
I’m fine letting people have 100m. It’s really a drop in the bucket compared to the folks who have 1,000 times more than them. Definitely down to tax everything past that.
Klox@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Sure, but it’s also proven to be more cost effective to just manipulate people and shift their costs. Some moron was arguing against California’s billionaire wealth tax bill because billionaires might have “liquidity problems” lmfao.
foggy@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
I mean to be fair I’d spend a dollar to stop people from asking me for dogecoin investments.
But I also like, work, and pay taxes and shit.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
Paying money to prevent spam is different than paying money to avoid helping people and doing your share in society.