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Here's a thought about solving the 1% vs the 99% wealth problem
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I am sure there's probably already something like this in place, or that at least has been thought of. To be honest, I don't really know much about it, but here's a thought I had.
Let's say you are part of the wealthy Americans. Not necessarily part of the 1%, but pretty wealthy.
To keep it simple, let's say you own a company, and after all expenses, you make a profit of $100 mill a year. Now we don't really know what people in this situation actually do with that money. Some may say that they give some to charity, or they use it to invest in other projects, basically so that they can make more money. But I haven't heard of any that actually put some of that money back towards the people that work for them. So that it is enough to make a difference in their lives.
I am not trying to be socialistic here, but let's say there was some incentive put in place by the gov, (because after all, they have to get paid too, right?) that said that if you put a percentage of that profit back towards the people that work for you, either via increase of salary, or bonus or whatever, but that you gave a significant percentage of that profit back to the workers. And if you did so, then you would get some sort of tax break. But it would have to be a significant amount, not an extra 250 at the end of the year, but more like an extra 2500 or so.
Would the people in those wealthy positions actually be willing to do this? Or will they not do so because they need to keep the classes separated?
I am talking about workers in all sort of fields, from the burger flipper at your local McDs to the janitor at the Hilton, to the cubicle monkeys all around, and their supervisors, to the nurses at your hospitals, and waitresses at your restaurants. If the owner of the companies they work for, gave a substantial cut of their profit back to them, would this be a good idea? Or even something that would be considered?
Just thinking here...
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