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#superrich

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Lyla Mehta

A 2% wealth tax on the tax residents on the rich list would raise about the equivalent of £6bn per year - all this money could fund public services and much more

But instead we have govts that go out of their way to please the super-wealthy

UK’s 50 richest families hold more wealth than 50% of population, analysis finds

Equality Trust says billionaires getting ‘ludicrously’ richer, with top two now wealthier than whole of 1990 rich list

#Wealth #Tax #SuperRich

theguardian.com/news/2025/may/

The Guardian · UK’s 50 richest families hold more wealth than 50% of population, analysis findsBy Amelia Hill
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Geriatric Gardener

@CindyWeinstein

Or as Nemik (played by Alex Lawther) says in “Andor” (Disney+):

“It’s so confusing isn’t it, so much going wrong, so much to say, and all of it happening so quickly. The pace of oppression outstrips our ability to understand it – that is the real trick of the Imperial thought machine. It’s easier to hide behind 40 atrocities than a single incident.”

#US#Trump#Project2025
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DoomsdaysCW

#Quakers condemn arrests of #activists at meeting house

March 30, 2025

"The arrests of six female supporters of activist group #YouthDemand at a Quaker meeting house have been condemned by the faith group.

"Quakers in #Britain said the arrests were the first at a meeting house and 'an aggressive violation'.

"The Metropolitan Police said six people were arrested on Thursday evening at the Westminster Meeting House on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a #PublicNuisance.

"The force said it came amid concerns there were plans to 'shut down' London during April using tactics such as road blocks.

"Youth Demand said more than 30 officers were involved with making the arrests.

"Paul Parker, of Quakers in Britain, said he could not recall anyone being arrested at a Quaker meeting house in living memory.

"'The forceful removal of young people holding a protest group meeting clearly shows what happens when a society #CriminalisesProtest.

"'#FreedomOfSpeech, assembly, and fair trials are an essential part of free public debate which underpins #democracy,' he said.

"Police said a further five arrests for the same offence were made on Friday - four at addresses in #London and one in #Exeter.

"Youth Demand, which is not affiliated with the Quakers, said the meeting was 'an opportunity to share plans for non-violent #CivilResistance actions' due to take place in April.

"The group claimed a number of houses were also raided on Thursday and Friday as part of the operation.

"Quakers in Britain said: 'Quakers support the right to non-violent public protest, acting themselves from a deep moral imperative to stand up against #injustice and for our planet.

"'Many have taken non-violent direct action over the centuries from the abolition of #slavery to women's #suffrage and prison reform.'

"The Met said the force understood the importance of the right to protest but added that Youth Demand had stated an intention to 'shut down' London in April.

"'We have a responsibility to intervene to prevent activity that crosses the line from protest into serious disruption and other criminality,' a spokesman said.

"On Thursday, officers raided a Youth Demand planning meeting where those in attendance were plotting their April action.

"Six people were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance.

"A further five arrests for the same offence were made on Friday, 28 March. Four of the arrests were at addresses in London and one in Exeter.

'Policing priorities'

"Out of the 11 people arrested, 10 have been released on bail and one will face no further action.

"Asked about the matter on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: 'I have made clear to the police this government's priorities for policing are reducing serious violence... and bringing back neighbourhood policing, those crimes in town centres like shoplifting.'

"Youth Demand, which describes itself as a 'new youth resistance campaign fighting for an end to #genocide', began carrying out acts of #CivilDisobedience last year.

"Its demands of the government include stopping all trade with #Israel and raising money from 'the #SuperRich and #Fossilfuel #elite' to pay damages for the effects of fossil fuel burning."

Read more:
bbc.com/news/articles/cj3x5j6g
#UKPol #ThoughtCrime #CriminalizingDissent #CriminalizingActivism #PublicNuisanceLaws #Article20 #2023PublicOrderAct #Resistance #UKResistance #ProtectMotherEarth #FreePalestine #IsraeliWarCrimes

Quaker Meeting House on St Martin's Lane, London
bbc.comQuakers condemn arrests of Youth Demand activists at meeting houseQuakers in Britain says the arrests were the first at a meeting house and "an aggressive violation".
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Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:

#MatthewDesmond (Princeton University) in the #DailyShow:
youtube.com/watch?v=KoLN0YoErK

You get the impression that #poverty is made and continued by design in the #USA. And there is almost no incentive for the #billionaires to end poverty at all, although they could very easily by just stopping #taxfraud or collecting the taxes that are already due today. 🤯

#Money flows to the super #rich (which pay less #taxes!) instead to the people in need.

The #AmericanDream is an illusion.

What a shit country. What a shit system.

YouTubeMatthew Desmond - “Poverty, by America” & What It Takes to Close the Poverty Gap | The Daily ShowBy The Daily Show
#FoodStamps#SocialSecurity#Socialism
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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

@VeroniqueB99

#USpol

...former "Allies" from the across the #Atlantic.

As I wrote earlier, like #Mobsters.

This is what we get for being to picky about #PamelaHarris.

The #MAGAT's need to pay up the oligarchs having financed the #TrumpCoup.

As #AOC said on #YT in a 90 min. speech a week ago or so:

The #TrumpeanTaxbreaks for the #Superrich are sunsetting in just a few months. To refinance them, as the #US would not meet the #EU #DeficitCriteria by far, they need to find huge amounts...

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William Lindsey :toad:

As Greg Sargent reports, a poll just done by Trump's top pollster Tony Fabrizio "shows that majorities oppose cutting taxes on corporations. It finds that 63 percent say their top priority for tax policy is helping 'working-class families,' versus one percent—no, really, one percent—who say it’s helping corporations and the wealthiest Americans."

#Musk #Trump #economy #TaxCuts #billionaires #SuperRich #EconomicElites
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newrepublic.com/article/191841

The New Republic · Trump’s Own Pollster Just Hit Him With Very Bad News—and a WarningA poll of swing-district voters is already showing heaps of warning signs for Republicans bent on helping billionaires. That was fast.
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