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WarGamer

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16. Some people think the wealthy, as a group have a lot more $$ than they really do.

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 01:28 PM

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Like you said...

Every penny of the billionaires would fund ONE YEAR of UBI.

Then what?

And taxing AI will handicap it. Ai is a lot more than a utility to replace human work.

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I like them all except for UBI SickOfTheOnePct Sunday #1

Fund it by taxing oligarchs, AI, crypto, etc. jmbar2 Sunday #2

Total net worth of all U.S. billionaires... SickOfTheOnePct Sunday #7

Some people think the wealthy, as a group have a lot more $$ than they really do. WarGamer Sunday #16

Extreme wealth is resulting in unaffordable negative externalities jmbar2 Sunday #20

Good luck getting a response to your common sense questions. harumph Sunday #56

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Externalizing the costs is the main game for the ultra wealthy. harumph Sunday #63

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No, not at all SickOfTheOnePct Sunday #24

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Of course! Abolishinist Sunday #66

Or to put it another way... jmbar2 19 hrs ago #90

So let's say you own a restaurant. Annual sales of $2.4 million. Abolishinist 14 hrs ago #92

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Exactly SickOfTheOnePct 13 hrs ago #94

It's classic. The workers aren't more skilled, the currency is being devalued. Melon 9 hrs ago #98

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