2% on assets of $50M or more, plus an additional 1% on assets of $1B or more (Elizabeth Warren’s plan). It is obscene that they do not pay more. #WealthTax
US billionaires’ wealth grew $1.3 trillion during the last year of the pandemic.  We can afford a wealth tax.

Mar 15, 2021 · 2:41 AM UTC

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Biden had more Billionaire Donors than any candiate in history.....not gonna happen
Being poor is not a character flaw, it's a systemic feature of Capitalism.
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@ewarren’s been saying this since the primary. Normal working people think two cents = two pennies. They don’t understand when you talk about “just a two cent tax increase on the wealthiest Americans.” Only rich people talk that way.
Just two cents!
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Meanwhile people with low incomes and those who collected unemployment have to pay taxes on that limited income at the expense of their and their families wellbeing. #Poverty #unemployment #TaxSeason
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How about 100% wealth tax on every dollar over $40 million?
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That’s the bold communist vision we need.
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This sounds good, but, it hasn’t worked elsewhere. Most European countries who implemented this have gotten rid of it.
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This type of proposal suggests you have zero understanding of how wealth and economics work.
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I think we can afford a wealth tax.