salix sericea (@Ripple13216)<p>Remember the famous Rand Institute study that showed the rich had stolen $ 50 Trillion from the rest of us between 1975 and 2007?</p><p>There is an update: </p><p>$ 79 Trillion between 1975 and 2023.</p><p>That's more the twice (2x) the official US government debt, which is just about $ 36 Trillion.</p><p><a href="https://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WRA516-2.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rand.org/pubs/working_papers/W</span><span class="invisible">RA516-2.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/income" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>income</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/robbery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robbery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>