theHRguy@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 18 days agoA Tax of 5% on The World’s Multi-Millionaires and Billionaires Could Raise $1.7 trillion, Enough to Lift 2 Billion People out of Povertymedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1442arrow-down16
arrow-up1436arrow-down1external-linkA Tax of 5% on The World’s Multi-Millionaires and Billionaires Could Raise $1.7 trillion, Enough to Lift 2 Billion People out of Povertymedium.comtheHRguy@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 18 days agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·17 days agoDefine “suddenly”. Even if takes 10 years, that’s pretty fucking fast on a historical timescale, being just around an eight of a humans lifespan. Even if it takes 50 it’d still be pretty fucking fast in historical terms. And even if it helps just one person right now, it’d be worth it, because the billionaire’s don’t have the right to hog all the resources.
Define “suddenly”.
Even if takes 10 years, that’s pretty fucking fast on a historical timescale, being just around an eight of a humans lifespan.
Even if it takes 50 it’d still be pretty fucking fast in historical terms.
And even if it helps just one person right now, it’d be worth it, because the billionaire’s don’t have the right to hog all the resources.