We’re having a pizza party with 100 guests! Let’s divvy up the slices the way wealth is divided among American households.
American Wealth, Sliced Up
We’re having a pizza party with 100 guests! Let’s divvy up the slices the way wealth is divided among American households.
17 Comments
pixxelkick@lemmy.world · 58 pts · 95d
This doesnt line up with the source data...
It sorta seems like they picked random people lol
Also they are mixing together actual wealth with people's unrealized wealth....
adb@lemmy.ml · 35 pts · 95d
Indeed, this looks very unserious.
Unrealized wealth isn’t a thing though. You’re mixing it up with unrealized gains (edit: an already quite dubious concept) Stock is wealth, just like your house.
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 95d
Yeah, exactly. If unrealized wealth isn’t a thing, why do property taxes increase even if you haven’t sold your home? After all, your home going up in value isn’t realized until you sell the property. It’s almost as if the federal government knows that unrealized gains are BS, but they only want to bother with taxing the poors. Because if they started taxing unrealized wealth, that would target the rich. And we can’t have that.
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 3 pts · 95d
Yes, this.
It amazes me how quickly ppl will defend/repeat oligarch propaganda on the subjects they don't (want to?) understand.
pixxelkick@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 95d
My bad, you are definitely right there, in which case the graph is... a bit more correct.
d00ery@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 95d
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60807
one trillion = 1,000 billions
~$2 trillion in 5 people: Elon, Larry page, Sergey Brin, Jeff bezos, Larry Ellison https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/
5 people own 10% of the wealth?
pixxelkick@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 95d
That sounds closer to the numbers I know of
anarchy79@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 95d
Feels a little AI
chisel@piefed.social · 27 pts · 95d
Ah yes, my favorite bourgeoisie group: cosmetic surgeons.
kamenlady@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 95d
Elon Bezos is the most disgusting thing i read today
CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 95d
But what about those facist cosmetics surgeons!
anarchy79@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 95d
I hate facist cosmetic surgeons!
kamenlady@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 94d
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 95d
And now each section pays the same in taxes. Except the big ones don't. It all comes from the little part. See how much better things would be of the rich were taxed out of existence? We can all be rich if we take back the wealth
anarchy79@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 95d
The cake is a lie?
neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 95d
The cake is real. Your "fair share" is the lie.
CubitOom@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 95d
Only the red slices are taxed at all.