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by oblio 1144 days ago
If that's supposed to be some sort of rallying cry in their defense:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM

The top 1% had almost 40% of the wealth in the US, in 2012.

And that video is from 2012, from before Covid, now it's much, much worse, because since 2020 the top 1% have captured about 66% of the extra wealth created.

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The top 1% have 40% of wealth and pay 40% of taxes?

Sounds ideal to me.