Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoBill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge after 15 years: Only 9 of the 256 billionaires actually followed through on giving away half their wealthfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square150fedilinkarrow-up11.05Karrow-down110
arrow-up11.04Karrow-down1external-linkBill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge after 15 years: Only 9 of the 256 billionaires actually followed through on giving away half their wealthfortune.comDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square150fedilink
minus-squareCocopanda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·3 days agoOr. If billionaires leave the USA. We seize their properties and industry in the name of national defense.
minus-squaresalty_chief@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down17·3 days agoThat is a slippery slope. If a millionaire is approaching that certain number. They would just leave before it hits their bank account. What you are describing is straight up Nazi type tactics. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/1938-nazi-law-forced-jews-register-their-wealthmaking-it-easier-steal-180968894/
minus-squareCocopanda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·3 days agoI mean. If the industry of our nation is being siphoned to oversea’s facilities. It’s in our best interest to protect and nationalize the facilities being sent abroad.
Or. If billionaires leave the USA. We seize their properties and industry in the name of national defense.
That is a slippery slope. If a millionaire is approaching that certain number. They would just leave before it hits their bank account.
What you are describing is straight up Nazi type tactics.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/1938-nazi-law-forced-jews-register-their-wealthmaking-it-easier-steal-180968894/
I mean. If the industry of our nation is being siphoned to oversea’s facilities. It’s in our best interest to protect and nationalize the facilities being sent abroad.