• MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    17
    ·
    1 day ago

    The “zucman tax” aims to tax the 1800 richest french families at a rate of 2%, Wich would bring 40billion.

    2%. 40 BILLION.

    This will never not blow my freaking mind. No matter how we illustrate it, it’s still hard to fathom.

    • Prancingpotato@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      10
      ·
      1 day ago

      Yeah, and it’s 1800 families. It should be noted that the proposal was rejected, deemed infeasible meanwhile our previous PM was saying that we NEED to remove 2 public hollyday…