Look at Donald Trump and his gang of broligarchs – and tell me we don’t need a wealth tax | Brian Cox

Look at Donald Trump and his gang of broligarchs – and tell me we don’t need a wealth tax | Brian Cox

Donald Trump, Inequality, Tax and spending, Elon Musk, US news Business | The Guardian

​I played a fictional billionaire on TV. It’s time world leaders got serious about taxing the real onesBrian Cox played Logan Roy in HBO’s Succession and is a supporter of Patriotic Millionaires InternationalYou could be forgiven for thinking the second coming of Donald Trump was fiction. Unfortunately, it’s not – the threat he and his “broligarchs” bring to people around the world is very, very real. Last month Trump, surrounded by his uber-rich friends, was inaugurated the 47th president, while his political supporters sat outside in the cold – the perfect metaphor for who really matters in this presidency.Among the clique were the three richest men in the world: Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and top dog Elon Musk, who personally poured $277m into Trump’s election campaign, increasing his own wealth by $170bn as a result.Brian Cox played Logan Roy in HBO’s Succession and is a supporter of Patriotic Millionaires International Continue reading… 

I played a fictional billionaire on TV. It’s time world leaders got serious about taxing the real ones

  • Brian Cox played Logan Roy in HBO’s Succession and is a supporter of Patriotic Millionaires International

You could be forgiven for thinking the second coming of Donald Trump was fiction. Unfortunately, it’s not – the threat he and his “broligarchs” bring to people around the world is very, very real. Last month Trump, surrounded by his uber-rich friends, was inaugurated the 47th president, while his political supporters sat outside in the cold – the perfect metaphor for who really matters in this presidency.

Among the clique were the three richest men in the world: Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and top dog Elon Musk, who personally poured $277m into Trump’s election campaign, increasing his own wealth by $170bn as a result.

Brian Cox played Logan Roy in HBO’s Succession and is a supporter of Patriotic Millionaires International

Continue reading… 

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