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starrychloe  ·  3802 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Pitchforks Are Coming... For Us Plutocrats

No legislation required. People already give $316 B to charity each year.

https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=42

> Total giving to charitable organizations was $316.23 billion in 2012 (about 2% of GDP). This is an increase of 3.5% from 2011.

Divided by 45 million people is $7k per year. Good enough.

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%24316.23billion%2F45+million





kleinbl00  ·  3802 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So... take all money from charity and give it to minimum wage workers...

...and do it without legislation?

I'm sure every charity will get right on that.

starrychloe  ·  3457 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No, never take anything from people by force. Didn't your mother tell you that? Charities can give money where they choose.