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Aspen Anti-Billionaire Society
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A community dedicated to spreading awareness of the negative impacts of the billionaire class, especially the 250 richest people on the planet
We believe that the existence of the 0.01% comes at a cost to the rest of us, even multi-millionaires, and hope to spread awareness of this problem among the 1% (who have the most resources to affect change)
All discussion and links related to wealth inequality and related activism are welcome. We hope that this community can serve as an easily accessible repository of information about wealth inequality
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See the stickied comment below for an explanation and statement of our purpose, based on simple back-of-the-napkin math
E: if someone could please link this community to r/aspen and r/roaringforkvalley I would greatly appreciate it. I’ve been IP banned by the all powerful AI mod monster, like many folks on Lemmy
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Policy positions that I would like to fight for, at least in starting:
A cap on net worth at $12B per household, executed in conjunction with the rest of the world. But at the very least within the United States, alongside criminalization of attempts to evade the cap. Including by moving money abroad.
Major overhaul of the tax system as it applies to all net worth above $1B but less than $12B
A $35/hr minimum wage, the exact means of execution (so that it doesnt fuck the economy) TBD. But here is some work on the minimum wage I recently slapped together using SmartAsset’s cost of living calculations for 2025:
(Arctic is being a pain, but I will get it uploaded eventually. See my profile in the meantime)
Abolishment of the Brooke Amendment, which standardized spending 1/3rd of income (rather than 25%) on housing. While this would only impact public housing directly, more widely it could be part of a push to return to 25% as a standard for all housing.