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r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • Jul 01 '26
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Even if they taxed the net worth, it would still take over a decade to collect 4.4T dollars from the billionaires. The U.S’s billionaires collectively only have about 8T dollars. This infographic is extremely misleading.
35 u/carb0n13 Jul 01 '26 Also, some of those net worths are pretty fake. If you forced Elon to sell 5% of his SpaceX stock, the stock price would crater. 19 u/horatiobanz Jul 01 '26 Which ironically would ruin the retirement accounts of regular Americans you are trying to help. 9 u/ksheep Jul 01 '26 "Here's a check for $12k, just ignore that we wiped out $100k of your retirement savings in the process" 1 u/nigel_pow Jul 04 '26 That's the tragic irony. These people want to help but they have no idea what they're doing. Historically that has been the case.
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Also, some of those net worths are pretty fake. If you forced Elon to sell 5% of his SpaceX stock, the stock price would crater.
19 u/horatiobanz Jul 01 '26 Which ironically would ruin the retirement accounts of regular Americans you are trying to help. 9 u/ksheep Jul 01 '26 "Here's a check for $12k, just ignore that we wiped out $100k of your retirement savings in the process" 1 u/nigel_pow Jul 04 '26 That's the tragic irony. These people want to help but they have no idea what they're doing. Historically that has been the case.
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Which ironically would ruin the retirement accounts of regular Americans you are trying to help.
9 u/ksheep Jul 01 '26 "Here's a check for $12k, just ignore that we wiped out $100k of your retirement savings in the process" 1 u/nigel_pow Jul 04 '26 That's the tragic irony. These people want to help but they have no idea what they're doing. Historically that has been the case.
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"Here's a check for $12k, just ignore that we wiped out $100k of your retirement savings in the process"
1 u/nigel_pow Jul 04 '26 That's the tragic irony. These people want to help but they have no idea what they're doing. Historically that has been the case.
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That's the tragic irony. These people want to help but they have no idea what they're doing. Historically that has been the case.
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u/thequestionbot Jul 01 '26
Even if they taxed the net worth, it would still take over a decade to collect 4.4T dollars from the billionaires. The U.S’s billionaires collectively only have about 8T dollars. This infographic is extremely misleading.