If you are a citizen of any EU Member State, I implore you to consider signing the Tax-the-Rich citizens' initiative: https://www.tax-the-rich.eu/
The idea is to tax the super rich and then use the money for climate transition. :blobcathappypaws:
This is an official EU citizens' initiative, meaning that if it reaches certain thresholds, it will have to be considered by the EU institutions. That's a really powerful tool, if actually used.
From 1940s-1980, the wealthiest paid 70-94% marginal tax rates. Zero of them went broke from taxation. Zero of them left the USA. All remained exceedingly wealthy, manufacturing boomed, AND we had the strongest middle class growth in US History.
Ihr wisst alle, dass es für die Beiträge zur Kranken- und #Pflegeversicherung eine Bemessungsobergrenze gibt?
Aktuell liegt sie bei einem Einkommen von 4987,50 € pro Monat. Von jedem Euro darüber wird kein Cent für das Sozialsystem abgezogen.
Solche Sachen sind bei #TaxTheRich ausdrücklich mitgemeint.
We are entering into "the great wealth transfer" where about $5.2 trillion (that's the one with more zeros than I can count) is about to pass from the, largely undeserving, super rich to their entirely undeserving heirs.
"Research by Forbes magazine found there were 15 billionaires aged 30 or under but that none had created their own wealth, instead benefitting from huge inheritances."
Seit Wochen dreht sich die politische Debatte um Kürzungen von Sozialleistungen. Statt darüber zu reden, was uns die Armen kosten, sollten wir endlich darüber reden, was uns die Reichen kosten!
Wir wollen den Superreichtum der Wenigen auf die Breite der Gesellschaft umverteilen. Vermögensteuer jetzt! #TaxTheRich
Kevin Oleary shilling for Trump after his big fraud judgement. If Oleary wants to be permitted to commit fraud in his business practices without any worry, let him go operate in red states. He seems to think they're open to this kind of thing. Maybe he's right.
Eh bien il semblerait que c'est parti. #TaxTheRich
Nous avons pu voir le poids des initiatives citoyennes en France avec le devenir de la pétition pour la dissolution de la #BravM
La question que je me pose perso est la suivante : le système d'initiative citoyenne à l'échelle de l'Europe est-il aussi une entube ?
Dans le doute j'ai signé. J'peux pas cracher dans la soupe avant d'avoir vérifié qu'elle est avariée.
Aurore Lalucq 🇪🇺 sur X :
"🚨Historique : 1 million de signatures = 1 taxe européenne sur les ultra riches Pour la justice sociale Pour préserver les conditions d’habitabilité de notre planète. Signez! Faites tourner! RT pour rendre visible ce combat. 🧵 https://t.co/ZQSaC9BNKv" / X https://twitter.com/AuroreLalucq/status/1711761922754781357
Today in Labor History March 7, 1932: Over 3,000 people, led by the United Auto Workers, marched on the main Ford plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Workers on the Ford Hunger March were demanding that laid off colleagues be rehired. They also demanded a slow-down of the assembly lines and an end to the evictions of unemployed workers from their homes. Marchers carried banners saying "Give Us Work," "We Want Bread Not Crumbs," and "Tax the Rich and Feed the Poor." During the protests, police opened fire with machine guns, killing 4 and injuring 60. A fifth worker died later from his wounds. The Unemployed Council (part of the Communist Party) also supported the march.