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American billionaires have gotten $280 billion richer since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic

 
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American billionaires have gotten $280 billion richer since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic
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"Though the coronavirus itself may not discriminate in terms of who can be infected, the COVID-19 pandemic is far from a great equalizer. In the same month that 22 million Americans lost their jobs, the American billionaire class’s total wealth increased about 10%—or $282 billion more than it was at the beginning of March. They now have a combined net worth of $3.229 trillion."

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Stories like this lead to revolts and lots of dead rich people




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"Though the coronavirus itself may not discriminate in terms of who can be infected, the COVID-19 pandemic is far from a great equalizer. In the same month that 22 million Americans lost their jobs, the American billionaire class’s total wealth increased about 10%—or $282 billion more than it was at the beginning of March. They now have a combined net worth of $3.229 trillion."

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And the NWO is born..
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Stories like this lead to revolts and lots of dead rich people




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Revolts only happen when the rich want them to happen.

Wrong?
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Thread: Most people want billionaires to pitch in to aid poverty and inequality
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Re: American billionaires have gotten $280 billion richer since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic
That increase in net worth likely came from things like precious metal holdings.
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Re: American billionaires have gotten $280 billion richer since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic
That increase in net worth likely came from things like precious metal holdings.
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Article doesn't breakdown the increase. Suggests it's part of tax break trend.

"In the background is the fact that since 1980, the taxes paid by billionaires, measured as a percentage of their wealth, dropped 79%.

“We’re reading about benevolent billionaires sharing .0001% of their wealth with their fellow humans in this crisis, but in fact they’ve been rigging the tax rules to reduce their taxes for decades."
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That increase in net worth likely came from things like precious metal holdings.
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Article doesn't breakdown the increase. Suggests it's part of tax break trend.

"In the background is the fact that since 1980, the taxes paid by billionaires, measured as a percentage of their wealth, dropped 79%.

“We’re reading about benevolent billionaires sharing .0001% of their wealth with their fellow humans in this crisis, but in fact they’ve been rigging the tax rules to reduce their taxes for decades."
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Yes - and for the next few years it is going to be middle and working class that pull the economy up with their taxes and hard work. Even more so if conservatives stay in power.
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Can't wait for it to trickle down.
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Needs more details to see how they "calculated" it and when they started counting. If you started with $100k in their account and it dropped to $60k, then came back to $90k, did you get $30k richer?
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Those of us invested in good, solid cryptocurrencies like Dash are also sitting on double digit percentage gains since covid came out. Its nice having your finances not depending on anyone or any Caucasians for that matter. Shutdown? What shutdown? lmao
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Nothing to see here.

"Though the coronavirus itself may not discriminate in terms of who can be infected, the COVID-19 pandemic is far from a great equalizer. In the same month that 22 million Americans lost their jobs, the American billionaire class’s total wealth increased about 10%—or $282 billion more than it was at the beginning of March. They now have a combined net worth of $3.229 trillion."

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I had to make them richer, so I can now steal it all and give it to those that need it.

Don't you even Robin hood bro?
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That increase in net worth likely came from things like precious metal holdings.
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Article doesn't breakdown the increase. Suggests it's part of tax break trend.

"In the background is the fact that since 1980, the taxes paid by billionaires, measured as a percentage of their wealth, dropped 79%.

“We’re reading about benevolent billionaires sharing .0001% of their wealth with their fellow humans in this crisis, but in fact they’ve been rigging the tax rules to reduce their taxes for decades."
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78861367


Most billionaires do not have earned income. They live off capital gains.

The tax "breaks" on earned income did go to the mid-middle class & lower, not the upper middle class & lower upper class who saw tax increases. The cuts really did not impact the billionaires at all, one way or the other. Many billionaires hold a lot of tax free municipals -- when cities start to go belly up, and default, that is when the net worth of some billionaires will be impacted.

Those tax free munis are a BIG way the uber wealthy have gotten around taxes for a VERY long time.
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Lost 1/8 of my investments. Threw the playbook out and now growing as much weed I can
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280 billion more miles to find theirs soul.
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This is why i'm not a capitalist cuck. System is broken and corrupt and there's too much greed. We're now ruled by these international capitalist.

Stop buying shit.
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That will triple when the economy starts to boom again
Evil controls the ignorant... Climate change is a hoax so is the vax you have been fear-porned into compliance!

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