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HUGE NEWS!!!
The @CityofCT has announced its intention to pursue a mixed-income, mixed-use development at Mowbray Golf Course including affordable housing and genuinely accessible public open space. Years of activist pressure and advocacy are starting to pay off! 1/9
There is redistribution on a fairly large scale (in South Africa).. the basis is there, if it wasn’t looted for the govt to deliver resources to the majority of the population
- Ben Cashdan
Watch live now: https://t.co/AcJy9YC3T7
I think we all agree that we need to tax the super rich. This proposal from @gabriel_zucman is an important.. especially seeing that South Africa is taking over the G20 from Brazil next year
- @Zimbali_Mncube@IEJ_SA
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Everyone has characterized the wealthy as legitimate and the poor as.. lazy. This is ahistorical and it just doesn’t work - @LeboRamafoko@OxfamSA
Watch discussion live now: https://t.co/AcJy9YCBIF
South Africa has 5 "dollar billionaires". If they paid a wealth tax of 2% we could pay for 7,000 nurses and teachers per province. Should billionaires pay more? Don't miss our podcast, dropping at 6pm today on the global proposal for a wealth tax. Reality Check with @ThembiMrototo https://t.co/ngKQsHcnb0
Stream our special edition of Reality Check this evening at 6pm, Hosted by @ThembiMrototo
As we discuss @gabriel_zucman proposal to TAX THE RICH 💰
https://t.co/iVDidDjct9
Co-hosted by Ben Cashdan, with guests Lebo Ramafoko Exec Dir. of
@OxfamSA & @Zimbali_Mncube, a Tax and Budget Policy Reseacher at the @IEJ_SA
Should we be increasing taxes on the Super-wealthy?
Join us for a special edition of Reality Check this Thursday at 6pm Hosted by @ThembiMrototo as we explore French Economist' @gabriel_zucman proposal to TAX THE RICH 💰
https://t.co/7HNWTvy6yd
Co-hosted by Ben Cashdan Exec Dir. of The Black Stripe Foundation, with guests @LeboRamafoko Exec Dir. of @OxfamSA and @Zimbali_Mncube Mncube Tax and Budget Policy Reseacher at the @IEJ_SA
This special edition of Reality Check is a production of The Big Debate in collaboration with Oxfam South Africa #TheBigDebate #TaxTheRich #Oxfam #Inequality #SouthAfrica #G20