Graphic breakdown of capital gains tax payments, showing that 45% of this tax is paid by the richest 0.2% of Australians, and nearly 80% of it is paid by the richest 10% of people.

Breakdown of capital gains tax paid in Australia. Our government gives a 50% discount to those who must pay this tax (ie. nearly 80% paid by those who are the richest 10%)
#economicinequity

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Climate change is a crisis of intergenerational justice. It’s not too late to make it right The changing climate doesn’t just threaten younger people in the distant future, it’s happening now at a massive scale. But we can turn it around.

Why will this generation of young people be worse off economically than their parents?
#ClimateAction #IntergenerationalUnfairness #PolicyChangeNeeded #LegislativeChanges #EconomicInequity #YouthImpact #GenerationalTragedy #SustainablePolicies Read more here: theconversation.com/climate-chan...

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§706 of the #Telecommunications Act requires the #FCC to determine whether #broadband is being deployed "on a reasonable & timely basis" to all Americans. If the answer is no, the #US #law says the FCC must "take immediate action to accelerate deployment of such capability by removing barriers […]

Mapped: The Income a Family Needs to Be Middle Class, by State This map breaks down the median household income for each U.S. state.

Current Federal minimum wage=$15,080/year
If raised to $15/hour would=$31,200/year

Your struggles are real, are you angry yet? #EconomicInequity #TaxTheRick

Mapped: The Income a Family Needs to Be Middle Class, by State share.google/KQSMWRj50FZ5...

G7 glosses over tariffs, pledges to cut global economic imbalances - Sight Magazine Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of Seven democracies papered over their differences on Thursday.

G7 glosses over tariffs, pledges to cut global economic imbalances @sightmagazine.bsky.social #G7 #G7financeministers #UStariffs #economicinequity #Ukraineconflict #China #US #Canada

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Republican "leadership" gave us the #GreatDepression, the #GreatRecession, and #EconomicInequity of the type that led to the #FrenchRevolution.