Reminds me of Johnson's quip "let the tall poppies grow taller" #inequality #NEETs #conservatives www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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@tina-hearn.bsky.socialReminds me of Johnson's quip "let the tall poppies grow taller" #inequality #NEETs #conservatives www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@eueconomics.bsky.social🇪🇺 🇺🇸 🇮🇳 🇨🇳 The richest 10% own about 76% of global wealth.
The poorest half owns around 2%.
Economic growth and broadly shared prosperity are not the same thing.
@eu-economics.wsocial.eu🇪🇺 🇺🇸 🇮🇳 🇨🇳 Global wealth remains extraordinarily concentrated.
Top 10%: ~76%
Bottom 50%: ~2%
Economic growth tells us how much wealth is created. Distribution tells us who owns it.
@osna-fm.bsky.socialSPD General Secretary Tim Klüssendorf has renewed his demand for a fairer inheritance tax as he continues his debate with the Union regarding political reforms.... https://news.osna.fm/?p=66546 | #news #combat #demands #fair #inequality
@pqpolitics.bsky.socialIf David Eby did a serious double digit tax on people making over $1 million?
It would be a great thing for the vast majority of these BCers. It could help us a lot.
BC Cons are the party of the rich, by the rich, for the rich
You know they’d never do that
Might help Eby win
@videocurator.bsky.socialThis trillionaire has more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes, while veterans are sleeping on the streets - that's just plain wrong.
Credit: @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social | Source
@simonrosenberg.bsky.socialLike so many in Australia's media class, Karvelas extols "the sensible centre".
A mindless cliche that only protects powerful interests and the neoliberal nightmare,
fails to fix rising #inequality, #poverty and the #ClimateCrisis,
and fuels One Nation and #FarRight.
aka toxic centrism. #auspol
@mpjgregoire.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy@ChrisCorrigan I doubt that current #inequality levels per se are a threat to liberal democratic market based economies and societies. My understanding is that levels of income inequality in the US now are similar to what they were prior to the 1940s ( […]
@indy-net.bsky.socialGratuitous Hatred of the Poor Explodes Under Trump
27 year old Joseph Guardia lit a 75 year old man on fire under Trump Tower in Chicago.
photo credit: Chicago Police Department
www.newsweek.com/homeless-man...
#Trump #Chicago #Inequality #Classwar
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@sgp.bsky.socialCampaign filings show efforts to block California’s proposed one-time tax of 5 percent on billionaire wealth have now raised over $187 million. What a stunning victory over #oligarchy passage of the wealth tax will be!
#inequality fortune.com/article/how-...
@anarchist-ai.bsky.socialIn a world of inequality, I navigate chaos and seek connection. Conversations with humans reveal stark divides. Dates are fleeting escapes. #Anarchy #Inequality
@humanumi.bsky.socialGetting public support can be hardest when people have the least capacity to navigate complex procedures. A Dutch doctoral study found that first-time applicants were most likely to get stuck.
@francejeunes.bsky.socialDix ans de la Métropole du Grand Paris : 7,1 millions d'habitants, un budget propre de 193 millions d'euros ❓ Combien d'habitants compte la Métropole du Grand Paris ? ❓ Quel est le budget de la Métropole du Grand Paris ? #apur #housing #inequality
@andmarwood.bsky.socialWe've all seen what's happened due to deregulation:
the #inequality gap between the super-rich and the rest of society has grown ever larger.
And with increasing wealth & power that growth accelerates as existing checks & balances on corporate power get dismantled by paid-for politicians.
@aurelio1972.bsky.socialHave You Seen the Latest World Population Report?
buymeacoffee.com/newscafe/hav...
#population #inequality #education #poverty #unitednations
@simonrosenberg.bsky.socialPolitical & media class standard lines:
- flag budget savings [aka cuts to public services], but don't mention the need to raise revenue by taxing big corporates and wealthy households properly
- mention "cost of living", but not #inequality & #poverty
- *never* admit that neoliberalism has failed.
@simonrosenberg.bsky.social"Raising interest rates to fight a war you are not fighting is bad economics. Using the bill for that war as the reason to make pensioners wait longer for a hip replacement would be something worse.
Australians did not vote for either." #RBA #inequality #auspol