Stirring The Pot

So the Ultra Wealthy Want to be Taxed

It might be too little, too late.

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Some of their golden boys have already advocated for a limited exodus to Mars — so they can escape our dying Earth. As if an empty, alien world could ever hold the spark of life better than the planet they raped and pillaged to amass their wealth.

In case you missed it, more than 200 millionaires spread across the globe petitioned world leaders for increased taxes. On themselves. How refreshing.

200+ Millionaires to World Leaders at Davos: 'Tax the Ultra-Rich and Do It Now'

Seems they finally figured out piling up extremes of wealth destabilizes the very social structures that make it possible.

Rising levels of poverty coupled with inflation, unlivable wages and punishing legislation designed to suppress the working class finally put cracks in the golden shells they have built around themselves.