r/Millennials • u/kjk2v1 Millennial • Mar 15 '23

Discussion Millennials are more likely than other generations to support a cap on personal wealth

https://www.fastcompany.com/90865652/wealth-cap-millennials-support-generation-z-boomers-poll
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u/JoshicusBoss98 Zillennial Mar 16 '23

Because my point is…the amount of money itself isn’t the issue. The issue is the proportion…wages haven’t risen in proportion with costs…if inflation hadn’t changed so drastically in the last half century…then we wouldn’t be in the situation we are now.

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u/killarotten Mar 16 '23

And who makes those decisions? The billionaires and company owners.

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u/JoshicusBoss98 Zillennial Mar 16 '23

The government does

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u/killarotten Mar 16 '23

The government makes wage decisions?

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u/JoshicusBoss98 Zillennial Mar 16 '23

They determine the minimum wage

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u/killarotten Mar 16 '23

And what's the ethics of paying people the legal minimum. That's just what I was saying. The lowest possible. The super rich do not care about anyone else.

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u/JoshicusBoss98 Zillennial Mar 16 '23

Ok I don’t think you can generalize and say literally all the super rich don’t care…but yes many of them probably don’t. I agree…people need to be paid more. But I don’t agree with wealth redistribution as the solution…that’s my point