Jeez, why don’t you throw in free healthcare for everyone while you’re at it.
FlyingRock on
What corpo-democrat will be the first to publicly oppose the tax? I’m betting Newsom will be up to the bat pretty quick.
Lorenzoak on
The wildest part about this headline isn’t the $4.4 trillion number. It’s the fact that you could tax these billionaires for $4.4 trillion and it literally wouldn’t change their day to day lifestyle or quality of life one bit. My friends [call me extreme for having this in my car, but I’m sure I’ll die with my principles](https://immg.click/eat-rich-magnet).
WorkersThesis on
hardworking, middle class and impoverished working americans have given the richest individual on earth — elon musk — over 38 billion dollars in social welfare, so that he has never had to cover the expenses on his businesses, tax payers have covered every downturn, every off year for him, so that even when he was actively driving down his stock value, he was raking in billions of taxpayer checks in social welfare to keep him and his harem of child brides (20 something year old women who all could pass for 12 year olds) on his ranch down in texas where his 14 children are being raised as livestock.
and that’s just one individual.
the billionaire class is a cancer on humanity.
mmkkmmkkmm on
Paywall
ffrostygreen on
Do it
HoneyBadger552 on
do it!
Voodoo_Masta on
yes, but first – investigate every single billionaire in the E-files, and jail every single one that was involved in illegal shit.
GusGutfeld on
Putting this into perspective, globally there are about 3,000 billionaires and their lifetime accumulated networth totals about 16 trillion. Globally, total gov’t spending is about 40 trillion every year.
The U.S. has about 935 billionaires with a total lifetime worth of about 8.2 trillion. In 2024, the U.S. gov’t spent 6.8 trillion in just one year.
workaccount1800 on
I subscribe to the WAPO, tell me why this article isn’t a top story or on my FYP this AM?
Creative-Area-6385 on
Tax these war mongers
Annual-Reason2970 on
pull back every dime cheetto gave them with tax breaks.
JA_MD_311 on
The US Budget deficit is around $2 Trillion a year right now. This would not only plug that gap, it would allow us to pay down the debt to a manageable level, make huge investments in infrastructure, child care, education, and housing *and* have money left over to offer tax relief to lower income americans (the people who actually need it).
We have such an unimaginable level of wealth in this country that people can’t fathom how we’re getting robbed blind so Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk can have literal dick measuring contests on rockets.
natural_disaster0 on
Tax them out of existence.
121gigawhatevs on
If people are balking at this idea, consider this – we’re currently living in an extremely pro corporate/billionaire environment; how does life feel right now
Soft-Analyst-9452 on
Trump bragging about the war on a golf course is the kind of thing that would’ve ended any other presidency. Four service members dead, allied nations refusing to participate, the Pentagon admitting no imminent threat — and he’s celebrating. The disconnect between the people making these decisions and the people paying for them has never been more visible.
DiamondHanded on
Might be their last chance to just pay taxes
Reddit-phobia on
Project 2028, let do this!
JTIZZLE_28 on
Bernie Sanders talks about something that’ll never happen, more at 8
Irvineknight on
This will never happen cause they have already bought the politicians.
its_the_smell on
It’s insane how so many Americans let the greed get to this point. Meanwhile the billionaires lie about abortion, immigration and crime to get votes from these idiots.
Avid_Reader87 on
No one person should ever have more than $500 million dollars.
That’s enough for 5 generations to live on and not have to work.
Thetman38 on
No no no, it’s the disabled lady that gets $100 in snap per month that needs to cut back on her government dependent lifestyle /s.
AdamBeigeman on
Can we just start that now? That’d be helpful.
theonlysamintheworld on
If you’re not a billionaire and you dislike proposals such as this then you are without any shadow of a doubt an idiot.
IntellectAndEnergy on
We need to pay off the debt quickly; 20% of every dollar is gone immediately to pay interest. From there we need to remove true waste from our spending – the largest chunk is in “Defense”, none of the wasteful spending here actually makes us safer – it is payback to defense companies and foreign land and foreign investments. We don’t need, or want that.
canadianpanda7 on
why are they limiting it to billionaires. no one need more than $250m tax every dollar over 250m
Weltall8000 on
It will never happen, but it would fix so many of our problems over night.
HR_Paul on
Great, that will be a good downpayment on WWIII.
haribobosses on
If FDR could run and win in 44 I support Bernie in 28.
“America, You Have One Last Chance”
Mammoth-Plankton-785 on
Just like the way it was when the American economy was the strongest in its history. Tax the 1%. Stop taxing the poor.
Loch_Nessie_350 on
Any human who achieves billionaire net worth status deserves a parade, a monument in their hometown, and 90% progressive tax rate. Instead of monopolizing everything, putting Katy Perry in space, and epstien stuff.
Apprehensive-Pin518 on
sounds good to me.
SmogunkleBochungus2 on
**yawn**
Sanders does this pretty much every year and it goes nowhere… geeze I wonder why that is?
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Jeez, why don’t you throw in free healthcare for everyone while you’re at it.
What corpo-democrat will be the first to publicly oppose the tax? I’m betting Newsom will be up to the bat pretty quick.
The wildest part about this headline isn’t the $4.4 trillion number. It’s the fact that you could tax these billionaires for $4.4 trillion and it literally wouldn’t change their day to day lifestyle or quality of life one bit. My friends [call me extreme for having this in my car, but I’m sure I’ll die with my principles](https://immg.click/eat-rich-magnet).
hardworking, middle class and impoverished working americans have given the richest individual on earth — elon musk — over 38 billion dollars in social welfare, so that he has never had to cover the expenses on his businesses, tax payers have covered every downturn, every off year for him, so that even when he was actively driving down his stock value, he was raking in billions of taxpayer checks in social welfare to keep him and his harem of child brides (20 something year old women who all could pass for 12 year olds) on his ranch down in texas where his 14 children are being raised as livestock.
and that’s just one individual.
the billionaire class is a cancer on humanity.
Paywall
Do it
do it!
yes, but first – investigate every single billionaire in the E-files, and jail every single one that was involved in illegal shit.
Putting this into perspective, globally there are about 3,000 billionaires and their lifetime accumulated networth totals about 16 trillion. Globally, total gov’t spending is about 40 trillion every year.
The U.S. has about 935 billionaires with a total lifetime worth of about 8.2 trillion. In 2024, the U.S. gov’t spent 6.8 trillion in just one year.
I subscribe to the WAPO, tell me why this article isn’t a top story or on my FYP this AM?
Tax these war mongers
pull back every dime cheetto gave them with tax breaks.
The US Budget deficit is around $2 Trillion a year right now. This would not only plug that gap, it would allow us to pay down the debt to a manageable level, make huge investments in infrastructure, child care, education, and housing *and* have money left over to offer tax relief to lower income americans (the people who actually need it).
We have such an unimaginable level of wealth in this country that people can’t fathom how we’re getting robbed blind so Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk can have literal dick measuring contests on rockets.
Tax them out of existence.
If people are balking at this idea, consider this – we’re currently living in an extremely pro corporate/billionaire environment; how does life feel right now
Trump bragging about the war on a golf course is the kind of thing that would’ve ended any other presidency. Four service members dead, allied nations refusing to participate, the Pentagon admitting no imminent threat — and he’s celebrating. The disconnect between the people making these decisions and the people paying for them has never been more visible.
Might be their last chance to just pay taxes
Project 2028, let do this!
Bernie Sanders talks about something that’ll never happen, more at 8
This will never happen cause they have already bought the politicians.
It’s insane how so many Americans let the greed get to this point. Meanwhile the billionaires lie about abortion, immigration and crime to get votes from these idiots.
No one person should ever have more than $500 million dollars.
That’s enough for 5 generations to live on and not have to work.
No no no, it’s the disabled lady that gets $100 in snap per month that needs to cut back on her government dependent lifestyle /s.
Can we just start that now? That’d be helpful.
If you’re not a billionaire and you dislike proposals such as this then you are without any shadow of a doubt an idiot.
We need to pay off the debt quickly; 20% of every dollar is gone immediately to pay interest. From there we need to remove true waste from our spending – the largest chunk is in “Defense”, none of the wasteful spending here actually makes us safer – it is payback to defense companies and foreign land and foreign investments. We don’t need, or want that.
why are they limiting it to billionaires. no one need more than $250m tax every dollar over 250m
It will never happen, but it would fix so many of our problems over night.
Great, that will be a good downpayment on WWIII.
If FDR could run and win in 44 I support Bernie in 28.
“America, You Have One Last Chance”
Just like the way it was when the American economy was the strongest in its history. Tax the 1%. Stop taxing the poor.
Any human who achieves billionaire net worth status deserves a parade, a monument in their hometown, and 90% progressive tax rate. Instead of monopolizing everything, putting Katy Perry in space, and epstien stuff.
sounds good to me.
**yawn**
Sanders does this pretty much every year and it goes nowhere… geeze I wonder why that is?