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kpete

(72,897 posts) Wed Jul 13, 2022, 09:20 AM Jul 2022

We need a living wage and a tax on huge wealth.

Wealth of Jeff Bezos:
2009: $6.8 billion
2022: $135 billion

Wealth of America’s billionaires:
2009: $1.3 trillion
2022: $4.7 trillion

Minimum wage:
2009: $7.25
2022: $7.25

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We need a living wage and a tax on huge wealth. (Original Post) kpete Jul 2022 OP

If we have a minimum wage, multigraincracker Jul 2022 #1

Good question nt XanaDUer2 Jul 2022 #3

Truer words never spoken duckworth969 Jul 2022 #2

Because they spend money buying congresscritters Bettie Jul 2022 #4

multigraincracker

(36,547 posts)

1. If we have a minimum wage,

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2022, 09:24 AM

Jul 2022

why can't we have a maximum wage?

XanaDUer2

(15,767 posts)

3. Good question nt

Reply to multigraincracker (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 13, 2022, 04:09 PM

Jul 2022

duckworth969

(966 posts)

2. Truer words never spoken

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2022, 09:28 AM

Jul 2022

Man, we need that more than anything else.

Next stop, reform the SC!

Bettie

(18,982 posts)

4. Because they spend money buying congresscritters

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2022, 05:11 PM

Jul 2022

to keep them from being taxed appropriately and to keep them from having to pay a living wage.

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