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Wanted: 1m signatures for EU tax on super-rich (euobserver.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

In reality, however, inequalities have persistently grown, to the point where today the richest 1% of the world's population own almost half of the global wealth and that same 1% also emit more CO2 than the poorest half of the planet.

Dumb argument for a tax in the EU.
If you earn 45000€ or more per year (post-tax) you are in the 1%. (According to this)
That sure is a nice wage, but it's definitely not rich and employees with a degree are not the people we should be taxing even more.

Also this:

The richest 1% of the planet own nearly half of all wealth. These same ultra-rich emit more CO2 than the poorest half of the planet.

So 45000€ is ultra-rich?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

the 1% the petition is talking about is global, as well as the ownership claims, and the CO2 pollution claim.

it's worded a bit oddly, but they want to tax the "global 1%", not (just) the "EU 1%".

as you pointed out, there's a pretty big difference between the two.

since the initiatives goals are largely about climate change, which is obviously a global problem in need of global solutions, this framing makes sense. it could have been written a bit clearer...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

No. If you own 40.000€ per year, you are in the top 1% globally. So, „taxing the rich 1%“ means not only taxing billionaires, but also average incomes in western countries.

Edit: Here you can check how rich you actually are: How rich am I?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nice Website but its only checks your income. If you have to work for your money your not rich in a western country

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What? Of course you are. You are not rich by western standards, but globally you are.

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