r/EatTheRich

Basically, my friend, we’ll call her Ema -is rich as shit. Her dad own several million dollar firms based in many countries and also own an marketing firm, which there are plans for her to take over. Her dad had bought a 5 story house for them which they now live in.
Emas parents are incredibly stingy and passive aggressive. We had a joint party for our 15th and she treated my mom like absolute shit and made her ,her “maid”. As a child i wasn’t letting it slide and ended my friendship with her. As we grew up, our friend groups collided and now we are back to being friends, but i maintain a distance. She posted on our gc that she found a cat, it was a stray cat that she found near her house and she decided to take in. It was a small kitten and it had broken limbs and it was not able to walk and she said that her mom was not willing to cover the bills. it was only a matter of time that she could keep the kitten at home. I volunteer at an animal shelter and donate for -and sponsor animals all around the world, so I am very sympathetic for cases like these. I personally have two cats at home and my mom too is in love with animals in general. My mom offered to pay a portion of the bills as the bills for surgery and MRIs and x-rays would come out to a large sum. then emma was acting extremely entitled, as if she was trying to blame the whole thing on me. Trying to turn it on me that it’s my responsibility, even though she found the cat and I was simply just trying to contribute. During this time I was contacting my animal shelter, and I was contacting many vets and people in general that I know who could help in this case. I told her that my mom can’t contribute to the whole cost as it’s gonna be very costly fixing one of the cats limbs is going to cost around $400 and we are not able to pay that as a whole , but we are able to share the costs. And then this girl has the audacity to text me back and say “are you atleast able to cover the fee for the consultation?”I told her -dude we are making a generous donation to you and you are not allowed to demean my mother or me like that because we are doing you a huge favor by paying this money. first of all I’ve done a lot to help you and it’s fucking ridiculous. Obviously, I didn’t say all that. I just told her that you can’t say that and then she replied to me saying “I don’t fucking know dude like just a lot going on I don’t I’m trying to figure this shit out I’ll text you later” and I have no idea where to go from this cause I can’t just leave a stray cat alone but then again even if I do eventually they’re gonna take the credit for it and I want to be able to help this cat but even after we help the cat the cats gonna have nowhere to stay and there would be essentially no purpose in us helping. I now realize that rich people are evil as shit and no one could stay rich if they were morally good at heart. These people earn 10 times more then my family and dont have the moral compass to pay the fees for the cat?? Not even the consultation? This is utterly disgusting.

How do i carry on from here?

One in six billionaires in China are under investigation, in prison or have suffered financial ruin through crackdowns on their shady business practices, according to the Communist-Party organ Global Times.

During the past six years the number of China’s dollar billionaires (persons with a personal net worth over $1 bil.) has surged from 15 to over 250. But over 40 of them have lost their fortunes, their freedoms or both — or are on their way to losing them — as Beijing becomes tougher on those who flaunt anti-corruption laws.

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Prosecuting U.S. billionaires or ultra-wealthy executives is rare. High-profile cases include tech billionaire Robert Brockman's $2 billion tax fraud indictment and crypto founder Sam Bankman-Fried's 25-year sentence for multi-billion-dollar fraud.

Why Prosecutions are Rare

Complex Offshore Structures: Ultra-wealthy defendants often use layered trusts, shell companies, and encrypted records that make proving criminal intent difficult.

Civil Settlements: Many high-value tax or regulatory infractions are resolved through massive civil fines rather than criminal trials.

Legal Resources: Billionaires can assemble large defense teams to challenge federal evidence and prolong litigation.

The US currently has 989 billionaires… notice that it’s not the crime that makes it rare to prosecute… it’s the unfair advantage our system allows them to have

https://goldsea.com/article_details/17-of-china-s-billionaires-under-probe-or-in-prison

Wherever the topic of a wealth tax comes up the neoliberal media is quick to spin it as unworkable due to the problem of capital flight, and we never hear anyone seriously push back on this point. At best a wealth tax advocate might suggest setting the tax so low that the rich will pay it voluntarily.

I’m convinced they intentionally promote a straw man version of wealth tax to discredit the idea and to ensure that if one ever does get enacted it will be low and easy to avoid.

The problem of capital flight is quite easy to avoid if you actually try. The US levies income tax on all citizens, not just those who reside within the country, but nobody ever suggests this as a solution to the problem of capital flight.

It makes the tax impossible to avoid legally, and doesn’t disincentivise foreign investment.

I’m sure someone will say that the rich will just renounce their citizenship, but there’s a simple solution to that problem - the state can just say no. Once a tax citizen, always a tax citizens, and your children inherit that status automatically.

What about people who flee and refuse to come back? Simple, try them for tax evasion in a tribunal system where they can’t buy better representation. Create a rule that they have to attend in person or they lose by default. The minimum sentence is the death penalty, but it will be cancelled if they just pay up. Once the judgement is in the government sends assassins or puts a bounty on their head.

Since we don’t need to depend on the rich paying voluntarily we can set the rate of the wealth tax at a high enough level for it to actually be useful. Say 10-20%.

Why do we never hear this steel man wealth tax mentioned by the neoliberal media?

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America’s staggering wealth divide creates a profound moral contradiction: while billionaires accumulate unprecedented fortunes, life-saving research for diseases like cancer and dementia is forced to rely on public donations and charity drives.

Instead of deploying the nation's immense wealth toward public health, ordinary families are tasked with funding medical breakthroughs. Relying on private philanthropy leaves vital scientific research underfunded and unstable, treating essential human health as a charitable afterthought rather than a national priority.

Why is it that in a country with such extraordinary private wealth, the race to cure humanity’s most devastating diseases is still left to pass the hat?

In order for billionaires to gain wealth they have to harm others. It’s not possible to gain that kind of wealth destroying others.

The wealthiest are the most undesirable type of people. People who cannot live in a society without harming others.

They did not earn their wealth through hard word, intelligence.
There money had been passed down.

There is no billionaire that can be considered ethical. The fact that in order to gain that kind of wealth they have to harm others shows that.

Billionaires should not be n a society.
They destroy any equity, fairness.

We see them buying of our politicians.
We see that congress has bowed to them.
Nothing can get better with extreme wealth.

We need to eliminate there wealth if we ever want to see basic human rights respected.

Donald Trump’s administration has 57 individuals, excluding Trump, worth as much as $100 million, including eight billionaires. To put that into perspective, the Trump administration has more than 1,000% more of these ultra-millionaires than in either the Bush or Biden administrations

Most corporations, organizations and 'the economy' - including tax codes - are set up to suck profit and cash up and out the top. Sources: U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

For the U.S., average worker pay to CEO pay ranges go from 1 to 300s up to 1 to 600s.  

At the high end:  

Worker makes $15 per hour, ~$30k per year,  

CEO makes up to $9,000 per hour, $18,000,000 per year.

When run for executive level leadership (CxO, V.P., etc.) it's still in the 1 to 200 to 1 to 300 range.  

And then there are shareholder payouts in dividends and stock buybacks.  Profit and cash get sucked up and out the top of almost every organization.  'Trickle down' is a myth.  There's nothing left to trickle.  

A bit insane.  Maybe even criminal?  It's certainly wrong. "It ain't right, but it's true."

Oh, and by the way, while real inflation on the things normal people buy and need has continued to compound and push workers into poverty, minimum wage has stayed the same since 2009 (17 years).  

As proposals in congress to raise minimum wage for the U.S. keep getting shut down, there are actually members of congress who both vote against every minimum wage raise and want to lower it!  

It cracks me up - in a bad way! - to read and hear inflation reports that don't take compounding into account and that include things like "inflation remains low at only X% when the volatile food, transportation and energy categories are excluded." Or some B.S. like that. I don't know about your household but food, transportation and energy are not only essential but make up a huge % of our budget!

Also since 2009, for the U.S., the top 1% of 'earners' pay has gone up over 230%:  

In 2009, people in the top 1% of taxpayers made $343,927 or more.  In 2025 the top 1% made $794,129 or more.  That's growth of over 230%, far above compounded inflation.

But minimum wage hasn't budged at all and average worker pay is up between 50% and 70% depending on whose statistics you use and believe. This has not kept pace with compound actual inflation over the same time period. And my pay has only gone up when I change jobs, but not 70%.

Examples:

Everyday Family Budget Price Changes (2009 vs. 2026)

Gasoline: Rose from about $1.79 to $3.29 per gallon (an 83% increase).

Eggs: Jumped from about $1.85 to $3.59 per carton (a 94% increase).

Chicken: Increased from about $1.29 to $2.08 per pound (a 61% increase).

Bread: Moved from about $1.38 to $1.84 per loaf (a 33% increase).

Electricity: Climbed from about $0.13 to $0.19 per kilowatt-hour (a 46% increase).

...And housing and healthcare both far outpaced inflation rises in costs.

...And with the war on, 2026 inflation is going to be a doozie!

I've been watching a few of Geopolds videos on youtube and he makes really good videos about stuff like epstein and so on. It really makes me wonder when we, as in humanity, are gonna stand up against all the corrupt polititians and billionaires ruining our planet, creating hate between us and all the other bullshit? especially in the usa. I seriously dont understand how a scandal like epstein came out and the folk arent protesting like crazy against all of it. how is it possible? i would like to hear other thoughts about this. i live in a really good european country with little to no corruption so i wouldnt even know how to fight against this. i dont even know how to express myself but i hope people understand why im trying to say.

Anyways as i said if anyones has anything to say about this, please do so.

We need a wealth cap at $10 million

We need a wealth cap at $10 million. Given global wealth inequality, anyone who feels the need to have more than that is a traitor to humanity.

Heck, have your first $10 million tax free, then let's have a 92% tax on everything after that.

For humanity, truth, justice, freedom, health and happiness with mutual prosperity and peace for all. Make democracy untrumpable. #nokings

Just a reminder that you do not have to remain on the wrong side of history.

What are you trying to do too us?

The cost of living has skyrocketed & no hope in sight.

Everyday I feel just little more crushed.

Please who ever is in control stop these high prices

Or create a new store of value.

I work 10 to 12 hour days 5 to 6 days a week!

My lady no longer wants me!

My cars blown head gasket

I've put every dime i own into crypto

And my credit card info was stolen & bank one won't help 😒

Then my job has this wanna be mananger/sales rep trying

To push my buttons. Im about to lose it

Thank you for reading this, I might just go drive

Off a cliff 🥺

Have great day

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Delaware is one of the nation’s most reliably blue states, currently featuring a supermajority in the state senate and just short of one in the lower chamber. It’s also a longtime corporate haven, where 60% of Fortune 500 companies were incorporated, due to business-friendly and consumer-unfriendly tax law and regulation. This is a product of state capture, as starkly demonstrated last year: when the Delaware Court of Chancery struck down a $55.8 billion pay package for Elon Musk challenged by shareholders, the legislature promptly passed the “billionaires’ bill” SB 21, written by his law firm, to make sure he could still get his money.

The Working Families Party is working to change that and get leaders into elected office who will fight for us and not the super-wealthy. In next month’s Democratic primary, they’ve endorsed a slate of challengers taking on incumbents who helped pass the billionaires’ bill, and they’re starting to gear up to get out the vote for these folks. ☎️ We can sign up for shifts turning out voters for Rae Krantz in House District 6 on Thursdays starting TODAY and running through September 10th here, and make calls for Shane Darby in District 1 this Saturday at noon here. ☎️

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