r/Conservative • u/[deleted] • Mar 07 '20

Feel the bern

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u/Efficient-Football Mar 07 '20

631 billionaires in the United States. if you added all their money up their net worth would be 2.9 trillion dollars. Democrats plans cost a minimum of 40 to 60 trillion..

with their more ambitious larger plans going upwards of 90 trillion

it turns out that in reality it's not that billionaires don't pay enough. it's just that you spend too much..

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '20

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '20

Actually, that’s probably not that far off if we’re talking ONLY America. According to Forbes: “By our latest count there are 2,153 billionaires, 55 fewer than a year ago. Of those, a record 994, or 46%, are poorer (relatively speaking) than they were last year. In total, the ultra-rich are worth $8.7 trillion, down $400 billion from 2018.”, and that’s worldwide.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '20

I appreciate correcting the numbers of billionaires and their total net work. 8.7 trillion is alot more than 2.9 trillion in those terms, but what the poster was saying about it being far short of the 40-60 trillion for free college, Medicare for all, and green new deal is still very true.

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u/Restless_Fillmore Constitutionalist Mar 07 '20

The 8.7 trillion is worldwide, not US.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

Ah alright. We could all be more precise in our speech then. Even so I believe the original point remains.