Get Rid of Billionaires — for Now

Jeff Ehren
Nov 7 · 2 min read
Photo by Pepi Stojanovski on Unsplash

Forget taxes. What if we reduced the net worth of every billionaire in the United States to $999,000,000 for one year? What could we do with that $2.5Trillion?

As the 2020 election approaches, the United States has regressed several decades. We have a democratically-based government perpetuating a racist war on drugs, incarcerating millions of citizens, denying climate change, and supporting yet another…

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Jeff Ehren

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Middle-aged and still hoping to be a writer. Blue-collar worker for too many years. In theatre for too few. Former union leader. Ready to learn more.

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