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return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 23 days ago

72% of Americans Say the Rich 'Have Too Much' as GOP Pursues Another Handout for Billionaires

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 23 days ago
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  • PlagueShip@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    In related news, 28% of Americans are complete and utter fucking morons.

    • 13igTyme@lemmy.world
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      Anytime there’s a shitty statistic, it’s often always around 25-35%

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      deleted by creator

  • skisnow@lemmy.ca
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    72% is way too low given how insane the current wealth distribution is. Fully 1/4 of the population have drunk the kool-aid

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      “I’m going to be rich, soon” they say while they’re considering payment plans for a Taco Bell order.

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      I think more than 3% of the population considers themselves rich

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        Most people don’t think of it this way, but if you live in North America or Europe, you are part of the global 1%.

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    friendly reminder, it would take 1,460,714,285 weeks of minimum wage to earn musks net worth. That’s 27 million years.

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    It ain’t about “having too much”. Billionaires shouldn’t exist. Ipso facto, their very existence only shows that corruption and greed can influence anything to point that whatever that thing is only serves those corrupted. End it. There should be no Billionaires.

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      In other words, a billion is too much money for one person to have.

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    Where the fuck were they during the election?

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    The survey only involved like 950 people and it only defined it as, “the rich” which seems pretty vague. Given the survey also mentions Bezos and Musk it wouldn’t surprise me if that is the group having too much on this survey, not humble millionaires like you and me.

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    Be nice if they fucking voted that way.

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    No they don’t, their voting clearly shows the opposite.

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      “Donald Trump stands up for the little guy like you and me” - the mental giants we’re dealing with

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    Only 72%?

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    I guess their solid grasp of racism and bigotry always wins

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