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The wealth transfer to Bezos and Zuckerberg in 2020 has been terrifying. Bezos has crossed 200 billion! https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2020/08/26
by lenkite 6y ago
The wealth transfer to Bezos and Zuckerberg in 2020 has been terrifying. Bezos has crossed 200 billion!
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2020/08/26/worlds-richest-billionaire-jeff-bezos-first-200-billion/?sh=2a95d51f4db7 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2020/08/26/wor...
In general, US billionaires have gained over 1 trillion while small-businesses have perished
https://www.statista.com/chart/22068/change-in-wealth-of-billionaires-during-pandemic/ https://www.statista.com/chart/22068/change-in-wealth-of-bil...
You can put considerable blame on those democratic governors and mayors who give shutdown orders to small businesses but allow major retailers to remain open
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/tale-two-pandemics-big-box-stores-rake-record-profits-while-n1237464 https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/tale-two-pandemics...
https://azbigmedia.com/business/covid-small-business-impact-left-with-just-walmart-and-mcdonalds/ https://azbigmedia.com/business/covid-small-business-impact-...
- scohesc 6y agoThat's absolutely shocking to me. I knew it was a lot but on the order of billions/trillions? I _REALLY_ do not want to get political, but the timing is just too coincidental to not be mentioned... Now that a certain person is going to be kicked out of office, several politicians of mentioned governors and mayors are finally considering re-opening their cities when only weeks ago they were handing out fines - even when there's been a lackluster start to the US vaccination campaign.