"Emissions generated by the lifestyles of 50 of the world’s richest people are greater than the emissions generated by 155m people combined.
"Oxfam has called for a ban, or punitive tax, on luxury consumptions — at 90% tax or above — such as private jets, superyachts, SUVs, and frequent air travel."
Whilst it would be tremendously helpful, if some people with a bigger number of followers on other, larger, social media platforms joined the effort to promote the #TaxTheRich campaign ⬆️, the Fediverse alone has enough people to make it reality.
It only takes a few minutes and doesn't cost anything.
But if you have friends and family in real life, bring them in! If you have an account on Bluesky, Threads, Facebook, LinkedIn, X or whatever, please help!
Two and a half weeks are left, to make the official European Citizens Initiative #TaxTheRich work!
We still need 6̶9̶0̶.̶0̶0̶0̶ 673.000 signatures, which sounds like a lot, but for a union of 450 million people, it should be a piece of cake!
We also still need 4 more countries to reach their national threshold of supporters:
BE, NL, IT, ES, SE are on a good way.
If you are an #EU citizen, and have not signed yet:
What are you waiting for?
Edit: Number updated.
New Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol, who was not required to relocate from California to Starbucks' Seattle headquarters, will commute weekly by private jet.
"Niccol’s private jet perk has brought some attention to the climate change implications of those flights and Starbucks’ projection as an environmentally friendly business, which recently rolled out new cups that use less plastic and eliminated plastic straws."
Folks, it's gonna take a lot more than thinner plastic cups and plastic straw bans to counter this asshole's George Jetson carbon footprint.
#BoycottStarbucks #Sustainability #TaxTheRich #USPol #USPolitics #ClimateChange
Het blijkt dat Nederlanders deze Europese enquette niet echt invullen.
Toch heb ik niet het idee dat de Nederlanders zo rijk zijn, of vinden dat de rijken al genoeg belasting betalen.
Maar ja, het is wel officieel, en dan moet je ook nog identificeren met je DigD.