"People are fed up with billionaires' greed eroding the environment and communities we depend on," said one supporter of the new initiative. "It's time for world leaders to listen and act."
That’s a pretty fucking big obstacle. This can only be done if all countries agree to it so with the growing number of countries taken over by right wing governments it’s basically impossible. Even the Spanish government that proposed this has its days counted. This is a nice PR move, not a realistic proposal.
Every major political event in history was once an unrealistic proposal. Whether it can happen next week or not has absolutely no bearing on the fact that it must be done.
Reach out to your local political rep and tell them you support a wealth tax. Reach out to your local boomer FB page and tell them you support a wealth tax. Make the case. If public opinion and political opinion isn’t there then there is work to do. Put away minor nit picks and technical problems, they absolutely do not matter in the grand scheme of things. Build the momentum, tax the damn rich.
Whether it can happen next week or not has absolutely no bearing on the fact that it must be done.
The fact that it must be done does not mean that it will be done. Of course you can hope that in some not-so-distant future we’ll get there (I sure hope so) but as of now US, Russia, Middle East and parts of EU will not only not support it but will actively fight against it.
Calling local reps and posting on FB will not change that. It’s not a technical problem, it’s reality. It’s fine to express your support for the idea but it’s also fine to be realistic about its chances.
While I despise the current Spanish government for being interested only in being in power (progressive here. They just lack a moral compass), if this comes to fruition it will be hard for conservatives to roll back. It would expose how tight a leash the oligarchs have on them.
That’s a pretty fucking big obstacle. This can only be done if all countries agree to it so with the growing number of countries taken over by right wing governments it’s basically impossible. Even the Spanish government that proposed this has its days counted. This is a nice PR move, not a realistic proposal.
Every major political event in history was once an unrealistic proposal. Whether it can happen next week or not has absolutely no bearing on the fact that it must be done.
Reach out to your local political rep and tell them you support a wealth tax. Reach out to your local boomer FB page and tell them you support a wealth tax. Make the case. If public opinion and political opinion isn’t there then there is work to do. Put away minor nit picks and technical problems, they absolutely do not matter in the grand scheme of things. Build the momentum, tax the damn rich.
The fact that it must be done does not mean that it will be done. Of course you can hope that in some not-so-distant future we’ll get there (I sure hope so) but as of now US, Russia, Middle East and parts of EU will not only not support it but will actively fight against it. Calling local reps and posting on FB will not change that. It’s not a technical problem, it’s reality. It’s fine to express your support for the idea but it’s also fine to be realistic about its chances.
While I despise the current Spanish government for being interested only in being in power (progressive here. They just lack a moral compass), if this comes to fruition it will be hard for conservatives to roll back. It would expose how tight a leash the oligarchs have on them.