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

  • 7eter@feddit.orgOP
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    4 months ago

    “valuable goods … benefiting everyone” not on the cost of others is what’s lacking here

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      4 months ago

      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.

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          4 months ago

          not on the cost of others

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

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            4 months ago

            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.

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                4 months ago

                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?