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How to convince your friends, family and networks to support wealth taxes. A step-by-step guide
Manage episode 499307655 series 3641422
The rich will take everything unless we start taxing them more. A wealth tax is the best way to do this. But we need to win over the public, and dispell some of the common pushbacks. Here's how to do it.
(00:00) Intro
(00:48) Massive oppurtunity
(02:29) How to explain my message to your friends and family
(02:43) Point 1: Don't be a dick
(04:00) People are scared
(08:06) Point 2: Understanding and education
(16:35) Point 3: How to deal with common pushbacks
(19:20) The Laffer Curve
(22:43) "It's not fair to tax rich people"
(24:20) "You secretly want to tax me more"
(25:45) "Don't give money to the government, they'll waste it"
(27:40) The core message
75 episodes
Manage episode 499307655 series 3641422
The rich will take everything unless we start taxing them more. A wealth tax is the best way to do this. But we need to win over the public, and dispell some of the common pushbacks. Here's how to do it.
(00:00) Intro
(00:48) Massive oppurtunity
(02:29) How to explain my message to your friends and family
(02:43) Point 1: Don't be a dick
(04:00) People are scared
(08:06) Point 2: Understanding and education
(16:35) Point 3: How to deal with common pushbacks
(19:20) The Laffer Curve
(22:43) "It's not fair to tax rich people"
(24:20) "You secretly want to tax me more"
(25:45) "Don't give money to the government, they'll waste it"
(27:40) The core message
75 episodes
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