• Heringssalat@feddit.de
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    In reality, however, inequalities have persistently grown, to the point where today the richest 1% of the world’s population own almost half of the global wealth and that same 1% also emit more CO2 than the poorest half of the planet.

    Dumb argument for a tax in the EU.
    If you earn 45000€ or more per year (post-tax) you are in the 1%. (According to this)
    That sure is a nice wage, but it’s definitely not rich and employees with a degree are not the people we should be taxing even more.

    Also this:

    The richest 1% of the planet own nearly half of all wealth. These same ultra-rich emit more CO2 than the poorest half of the planet.

    So 45000€ is ultra-rich?

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      If you earn 45000€ or more per year (post-tax) you are in the 1%. (According to this)

      €45,000/yr is in top 1% globally, but not the top 1% for the EU. Either way, the article is discussing a tax on wealth, not income. Even if €45,000/yr was in the top 1% income for the EU, someone making that salary is extremely unlikely to have accumulated enough assets to place them in the top 1% for wealth.

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        Yes 45K is the global Top 1%. But in the quoted parts they are talking about the global 1% and frame them as “ultra-rich”. Not just the EUs Top 1%.

        The richest 1% of the planet own nearly half of all wealth. These same ultra-rich emit more CO2 than the poorest half of the planet.

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      the 1% the petition is talking about is global, as well as the ownership claims, and the CO2 pollution claim.

      it’s worded a bit oddly, but they want to tax the “global 1%”, not (just) the “EU 1%”.

      as you pointed out, there’s a pretty big difference between the two.

      since the initiatives goals are largely about climate change, which is obviously a global problem in need of global solutions, this framing makes sense. it could have been written a bit clearer…

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        No. If you own 40.000€ per year, you are in the top 1% globally. So, „taxing the rich 1%“ means not only taxing billionaires, but also average incomes in western countries.

        Edit: Here you can check how rich you actually are: How rich am I?

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          Nice Website but its only checks your income. If you have to work for your money your not rich in a western country

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            What? Of course you are. You are not rich by western standards, but globally you are.

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      I couldn’t find anywhere what they mean by 1%. If it’s as you say, and an annual income of €4500 is enough to be considered as such, then I think it would be quite excessive.

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        I am a student and I have nothing, and I am richer than 28% of my country because I don’t have debt.

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        the richest 1% of the world’s population

        If you earn 45000€ a year, which in many countries is just a bit above average, then you are richer than 99% of people in the entire world.