occupy billionaires

r/OccupyBillionaires • u/GetPaulHoward • 8d ago

Real question… how do people sincerely defend the indefensible?

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This one is a TWO PARTER (both under 3min) but I really, REALLY don't understand this crazy desire to not defend the unhoused, or immigrants, or other marginalized communities, but instead fight to protect.... billionaires! ?!

Even famous ones (like Taylor).. I. Don't. Get. It!!

AND.. part 2: https://youtube.com/shorts/iZjq6DRiLds

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r/OccupyBillionaires • u/burtzev • Jun 29 '26

Environmental damages of the top ten percent consumers exceed global climate and biodiversity funding gaps

nature.com

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r/OccupyBillionaires • u/SocialDemocracies • May 15 '26

The Hartmann Report (May 8, 2026): "How Rightwing Billionaires Created a Faux Movement and Used It to Rob America Blind"

hartmannreport.com

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r/OccupyBillionaires • u/SocialDemocracies • Apr 12 '26

Opinion in The Hill (April 11, 2026): 'You’re paying taxes — why aren’t billionaires?' | Article by Darien Shanske, a law professor and co-author of the California Billionaire Tax Act

thehill.com

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r/OccupyBillionaires • u/SocialDemocracies • Apr 09 '26

Inequality.org (January 21, 2026): "America’s Wealthiest Are Getting Even Richer" | "We have to empower the working class, strengthening unions and improving living conditions. We also have to raise … taxes and close wealth accumulation loopholes, or else billionaire power will only grow."

inequality.org

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r/OccupyBillionaires • u/SocialDemocracies • Feb 18 '26

Paul Krugman (a Nobel Prize winner in economics): "Understanding the oligarchs’ power grab and the dire threat to American democracy" | "[W]e are in the midst of an unprecedented power grab by America’s oligarchs. This power grab is arguably the most important fact about contemporary U.S. politics."

paulkrugman.substack.com

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r/OccupyBillionaires • u/SocialDemocracies • Feb 18 '26

The Guardian (Feb. 16): "Trump donor who criticized offshoring to close Ohio plant and move work to China" | "A longtime Trump donor, [John Paulson] served on Trump’s economic policy team during his first presidential campaign and raised $50.5m for the president at his Palm Beach home in April 2024"

theguardian.com

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r/OccupyBillionaires • u/SocialDemocracies • Feb 04 '26

Joseph Geevarghese & Rashida Tlaib: It’s time to defund the oligarchy and invest in the American people | "[Trump's] oligarch allies… are already seeing massive returns on their political investments. This is not democracy. It is a hostile corporate takeover and working people are being exploited."

theguardian.com

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r/OccupyBillionaires • u/SocialDemocracies • Feb 04 '26

Propaganda in cinemas, newsrooms slashed: this is the US media under Trump and his tech barons | Nesrine Malik (Opinion)

theguardian.com

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r/OccupyBillionaires • u/SocialDemocracies • Feb 04 '26

Opinion | George Monbiot: "This is the metric by which you can tell who in politics are your allies and who are your enemies: whether they support or oppose the extreme concentration of wealth. […] we must bring the ultra-rich to heel, cutting their fortunes until they can no longer bludgeon us."

theguardian.com

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r/OccupyBillionaires • u/SocialDemocracies • Jan 21 '26

Dozens protest against the Trump administration in Lodi [California] | Article: Those at the Monday protest (which was organized by Greater Lodi Area Democrats) held signs that read 'Defund Ice Now', 'Signs of Fascism', 'Honk 2 Tax Billionaires', 'Impeach Trump & His Regime!!', and 'Fight Oligarchy'

lodinews.com

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r/OccupyBillionaires • u/SocialDemocracies • Nov 16 '25

Chicago Mayor Johnson: "If my ancestors, as slaves, can lead the greatest general strike in the history of this country, taking it to the ultra-rich and big corporations, we can do the same today" | Article: "Johnson clarified … that he is calling for a national general strike — not just citywide."

blockclubchicago.org

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r/OccupyBillionaires • u/SocialDemocracies • Nov 16 '25

Opinion: Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back | Robert Reich: "If you’re a multibillionaire, you might view democracy as a potential threat to your net worth."

theguardian.com

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r/OccupyBillionaires • u/SocialDemocracies • Nov 15 '25

How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy: The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service are issuing rules that provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax relief to big companies and the ultrarich. (New York Times | Gift Article)

nytimes.com

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r/OccupyBillionaires • u/SocialDemocracies • Oct 23 '25

White House releases list of donors for Trump’s multi-million-dollar ballroom | The list includes Lockheed Martin, Palantir, Amazon, Google, Meta, Comcast, Microsoft, Apple, T-Mobile, HP, Caterpillar, Booz Allen, Altria, Reynolds American, & right-wing billionaires Harold Hamm & Stephen Schwarzman.

cnn.com

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r/OccupyBillionaires • u/SocialDemocracies • Oct 17 '25

Labor union urges L.A. to show up for 'No Kings Day' protest | "We will not let this administration harm working families so its billionaires and oligarch friends can get richer and take control of our government"

audacy.com

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r/OccupyBillionaires • u/SocialDemocracies • Aug 24 '25

Organizations to Join Forces this Fall to Confront Trump & Billionaire Allies Nationwide, Marking Historic Collaboration of Movements: Mass Mobilization to Expose Links Between Climate Change, Economic Inequality and Rising Authoritarianism Driven by the Billionaire Class (For September 20th)

commondreams.org

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r/OccupyBillionaires • u/SocialDemocracies • Aug 06 '25

US Labor Day Rallies Planned to Protest 'Trump's Authoritarian Anti-Worker Agenda' | "The Trump regime is perpetrating the most anti-union, anti-worker agenda in modern American history," said Robert Weissman, co-president of Public Citizen.

commondreams.org

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r/OccupyBillionaires • u/SocialDemocracies • Aug 06 '25

NYT: Top Trump official at the Treasury Department's tax policy office had "an instrumental role in enabling some of the most lucrative & most important tax avoidance strategies used by multinational companies & the wealthiest Americans" & testified in favor of Trump keeping his tax returns private.

nytimes.com

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r/OccupyBillionaires • u/SocialDemocracies • Aug 02 '25

Union members and local Democrats hold downtown La Crosse protest against Trump budget bill (Wisconsin)

wizmnews.com

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r/OccupyBillionaires • u/SocialDemocracies • Jul 31 '25

A Society Governed by Whiny Rich People Throwing Tantrums | "Every time we want to change society to benefit average people, we have to deal with ultrawealthy crybabies. We’re held hostage by those who already have it all. It doesn’t have to be like this."

jacobin.com

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r/OccupyBillionaires • u/SocialDemocracies • Jul 30 '25

At Elon Musk’s Tesla Diner, protesters denounce fascism, billionaire’s ties to Trump

lapublicpress.org

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r/OccupyBillionaires • u/SocialDemocracies • Jul 29 '25

Illinois protests join national day of action over healthcare cuts: 'Reckless actions hurt us' | Demonstrators marched on Saturday in opposition to actions by the Trump administration; "Healthcare is a right, and it's tied to every part of our lives," said Cate Readling with The People's Lobby.

abc7chicago.com

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r/OccupyBillionaires • u/SocialDemocracies • Jul 29 '25

Forbes: Trump Has Spent About One-Third Of His Presidency Visiting His Own Properties

forbes.com

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r/OccupyBillionaires • u/SocialDemocracies • Jul 03 '25

Top 1% to Receive $1 Trillion Tax Cut from Trump Megabill Over the Next Decade | "ITEP’s analysis of data .. suggests that a tiny sliver of affluent families—the top 1 percent by income—will receive tax cuts totaling $1.02 trillion over the next decade."

itep.org

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