MikeDunnAuthor<p>A wealth tax would, of course, be the most generous & compassionate way to deal with these parasites, whose combined wealth is now far higher. In fact, the 400 richest, together, have $6.6 trillion, while the top 20 combined have $3 trillion.</p><p>And that wealth does not come through their innovation & hard work. No, it comes from brutal exploitation (paying their workers a fraction of the value of their labor), tax evasion, subsidies & government handouts, resource plunder, & environmental destruction.</p><p>And when I call a wealth tax generous & compassionate, I'm not being bombastic. Consider that 2 million people die each year from work-related injuries. And just 4 of the wonderful products these billionaires sell us (tobacco, alcohol, processed foods, fossil fuels) are linked to 1 out of every 3 deaths worldwide, or 19 million deaths each year.</p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2025/09/09/the-2025-forbes-400-list-of-wealthiest-americans-facts-and-figures/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/</span><span class="invisible">2025/09/09/the-2025-forbes-400-list-of-wealthiest-americans-facts-and-figures/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.who.int/news/item/17-09-2021-who-ilo-almost-2-million-people-die-from-work-related-causes-each-year" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">who.int/news/item/17-09-2021-w</span><span class="invisible">ho-ilo-almost-2-million-people-die-from-work-related-causes-each-year</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2024/05/02/how-corporations-harm-your-health-through-everyday-products---a-.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/new</span><span class="invisible">s/2024/05/02/how-corporations-harm-your-health-through-everyday-products---a-.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workplacesafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workplacesafety</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wealthtax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wealthtax</span></a></p>