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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. [View all]

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. [View all] 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