We need taxes for all - also the super-rich.

“Tax the rich” is an official EU petition. The EU Parliament has to deal with it when successful.

7 EU countries must reach the quorum. And in total 1M Votes are needed. Check yours in the chart and share, cross post etc.!

The petition calls for the introduction of a wealth tax on very large fortunes. Sign the petition here

  • BlackLaZoR@fedia.io
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    3 months ago

    sounds quiet unusual to be honest

    I think it’s the most common road to be a millionaire.

    Microsoft - Bill Gates Amazon - Jeff Bezos Berkshire Hathaway - Warren Buffet CDProjekt - Adam Kiciński, Marcin Iwiński (They started from absolute nothing, bazar stand with bootleg software) TOYOTA - Akio Toyoda, branched out from family buisness in textile industry

    Literally every single successful business made it’s founder a fortune

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      3 months ago
      • Microsoft: monopolist founded with a “small loan”
      • Amazon: monopolist founded with a “small loan”
      • Berkshire Hathaway - founded by a congressman’s son with access to wealth and education
      • CDProjekt, wow an outlier!
      • TOYOTA - generational wealth

      Literally every single successful business made it’s founder a fortune

      LMFAO “the winners won”. Any other tautologies you want to spout? “The losers lost” maybe?

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        3 months ago

        Even if you had access to the capital, you’d most likely fail - because running a business is hard

        For every Bill Gates or Bezos there are dozens if not hundreds who sunk the entire initial investment.

        You hate survivors for some reason.

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      3 months ago

      “valuable goods … benefiting everyone” not on the cost of others is what’s lacking here

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        3 months ago

        valuable goods … benefiting everyone

        If other people are buying what you produce, in almost every case you produce something valuable, and a person who buys from you benefits.

        There are exceptions - drugs, weapons, slot machines ect.

        But basically everything you see around yourself that was made by man, was produced by a successful business, and bought by somone who needed it.

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            3 months ago

            not on the cost of others

            It’s not on the cost of others, its a fair exchange. Both sides benefit

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              3 months ago

              And the people in the middle? Sure, the people exploited for the production of those goods benefited a lot. The child forced to harvest coffee and chocolate really enjoyed the transaction.