ObjectivityIncarnate

In the US at least, we already pay more every year in welfare programs than we could afford even if we wealth taxed our “very richest” at literally 100%. Nearly $800 billion. Yearly. This is not a solution.

We as a country pay more than enough taxes already, period. It’s the government not spending it efficiently, and not being held accountable when it doesn’t.

As just one example, the US government already pays more per person for healthcare than any other nation on the planet. But how many health categories are we first place in? We put the most in, we should be getting the most out, right?

The majority just give enough to lessen their tax burden.

There is no amount of charity you can give that results in you having more money than if you hadn’t, Kramer.

The disparity is not why poor people are poor–it’s a boogeyman.

The correlation between the number of billionaires globally and the prevalence of poverty globally is literally negative.

This means nothing. The gap between the wealthiest and the rest, in other words, the tip of the peak, is constantly rising.

If you pretended everyone who’s poor didn’t exist, and did the calculation with just the middle class and up, the statement about the wealth gap would still be true.

That is one horrendous logo, lol