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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday January 20 2018, @10:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the eat-the-rich dept.

Donald Trump and Angela Merkel will join 2,500 world leaders, business executives and charity bosses at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland which kicks off on 23 January. High on the agenda once again will be the topic of inequality, and how to reduce the widening gap between the rich and the rest around the world.

The WEF recently warned that the global economy is at risk of another crisis, and that automation and digitalisation are likely to suppress employment and wages for most while boosting wealth at the very top.

But what ideas should the great and good gathered in the Swiss Alps be putting into action? We'd like to know what single step you think governments should prioritise in order to best address the problem of rising inequality. Below we've outlined seven proposals that are most often championed as necessary to tackle the issue – but which of them is most important to you?

  • Provide free and high quality education
  • Raise the minimum wage
  • Raise taxes on the rich
  • Fight corruption
  • Provide more social protection for the poor
  • Stop the influence of the rich on politicians
  • Provide jobs for the unemployed

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2018/jan/19/project-davos-whats-the-single-best-way-to-close-the-worlds-wealth-gap

Do you think these ideas are enough, or are there any better ideas to close this wealth gap ? You too can participate and vote for the idea that, you think, works best.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 22 2018, @10:21PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 22 2018, @10:21PM (#626279)

    You keep sticking your head in the sand. I just hope the rest of the country does better than you and in 5-15 years we get to hear your bitching about universal healthcare. Then you'll fall and break your hip and continue bitching. Cause that's all you are, a bitchy entitled little twat.

  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday January 23 2018, @05:22PM (4 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday January 23 2018, @05:22PM (#626641) Homepage Journal

    I think you need to look up the word "entitled" and then rethink which side of the debate are "bitchy entitled little twats".

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 23 2018, @06:01PM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 23 2018, @06:01PM (#626669)

      Right, cause wanting universal healthcare for others when I happen to be perfectly healthy is "entitled". It must be a sad life being so selfish all the time, will probably be on your deathbed when the crushing existential weight of your own hubris lets you see your true self.

      You want to pretend you're magnanimous, but you're tied down with dogma that is selfish and greedy. We can only point out the inconsistencies, but you have to man up and come to terms with them.

      • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday January 23 2018, @06:16PM (2 children)

        by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday January 23 2018, @06:16PM (#626677) Homepage Journal

        You are a selfish little cunt if you're wanting me to do the paying for it, yes. Charity is giving from your own pocket. Giving from someone else's pocket is "receiving stolen goods".

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        • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 23 2018, @06:32PM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 23 2018, @06:32PM (#626682)

          Ah yes, the old "taxes are theft!" bit. It's a big goddamn merry-go-round where you start off at batshit crazy, make various arguments, fail, then just start back at batshit crazy! Capital job my good bloke.

          • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday January 23 2018, @08:49PM

            by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday January 23 2018, @08:49PM (#626748) Journal

            He's a real piece-a-work, ain't he? But I think you've uncovered something interesting: this is two or three times on this thread that he's been reduced to autism-screeching "TAXES ARE THEFT!!!!!1111ELEVENTYONE" when confronted with reality. In other words, you've exposed one of what amount to his religious beliefs.

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