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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by 7eter@feddit.org to c/yurop@lemm.ee
 

We need taxes for all - also the super-rich.

"Tax the rich" is an official EU petition. The EU Parliament has to deal with it when successful.

7 EU countries must reach the quorum. And in total 1M Votes are needed. Check yours in the chart and share, cross post etc.!

The petition calls for the introduction of a wealth tax on very large fortunes. Sign the petition here

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[–] 7eter@feddit.org 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

sounds quiet unusual to be honest

[–] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io -5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

sounds quiet unusual to be honest

I think it's the most common road to be a millionaire.

Microsoft - Bill Gates Amazon - Jeff Bezos Berkshire Hathaway - Warren Buffet CDProjekt - Adam Kiciński, Marcin Iwiński (They started from absolute nothing, bazar stand with bootleg software) TOYOTA - Akio Toyoda, branched out from family buisness in textile industry

Literally every single successful business made it's founder a fortune

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
  • Microsoft: monopolist founded with a "small loan"
  • Amazon: monopolist founded with a "small loan"
  • Berkshire Hathaway - founded by a congressman's son with access to wealth and education
  • CDProjekt, wow an outlier!
  • TOYOTA - generational wealth

Literally every single successful business made it's founder a fortune

LMFAO "the winners won". Any other tautologies you want to spout? "The losers lost" maybe?

[–] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io -3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Even if you had access to the capital, you'd most likely fail - because running a business is hard

For every Bill Gates or Bezos there are dozens if not hundreds who sunk the entire initial investment.

You hate survivors for some reason.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 3 points 3 weeks ago

Invests money they don't own at no risk

Allowed to do so as many times as necessary until success

Has access to advisors, education, can hire entire teams out of the gate

"I am just like you"

[–] 7eter@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"valuable goods ... benefiting everyone" not on the cost of others is what's lacking here

[–] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

valuable goods ... benefiting everyone

If other people are buying what you produce, in almost every case you produce something valuable, and a person who buys from you benefits.

There are exceptions - drugs, weapons, slot machines ect.

But basically everything you see around yourself that was made by man, was produced by a successful business, and bought by somone who needed it.

[–] 7eter@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

you missed something when citing me

not on the cost of others

[–] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io -2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

not on the cost of others

It's not on the cost of others, its a fair exchange. Both sides benefit

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And the people in the middle? Sure, the people exploited for the production of those goods benefited a lot. The child forced to harvest coffee and chocolate really enjoyed the transaction.

[–] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The child forced to harvest coffee

It's fault of their governments

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Really? The western companies exploiting them aren't to blame? The western companies that pay off people to look the other way? The western companies that organise military coups? The western companies that murder opposition? The western companies that send their trash to the country to destroy the market there?

[–] hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago

You need to stop feeding the trolls.