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Re:Canadians Are Running Out of Time to Oppose the Dangerous... by lotsofpulp on Saturday October 24, 2026 @08:29AM (#50220635)
They cannot imagine themselves getting less than they put in because of an ever increasing proportion of non-workers.

Ironically, the younger people from whom to extract productivity to pay for the defined benefit pensions are being supplied by immigrants, who are also politically unpopular.

Re:Canadians Are Running Out of Time to Oppose the Dangerous... by Vaushite on Saturday October 24, 2026 @12:26PM (#50222780)
They are protesting again non-workers, also known as billionaires.
Re:Canadians Are Running Out of Time to Oppose the Dangerous... by lotsofpulp on Saturday October 24, 2026 @12:32PM (#50222848)
France’s annual spend on defined benefit pensions is north of $400B Euros and north of $300B Euros on healthcare. Seizing and liquidating the equity of everyone in France with a book value of $1B (or even $100M) would make no difference.

Maybe it would help the budget for 1 year?

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Re:Canadians Are Running Out of Time to Oppose the Dangerous... by lotsofpulp on Sunday October 25, 2026 @05:16AM (#50229647)
>they are where all the money is going and the reason everyone else has a money shortage.

You can look up all the government spending data, and wealth transfers from workers to non workers dwarfs all the billionaires’ combined net worths. The US federal government alone is 60%+ wealth transfers, not to mention state and local governments. These spending figures are measured in trillions of USD per year.

https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/feder...

Re:Canadians Are Running Out of Time to Oppose the Dangerous... by kelipso on Sunday October 25, 2026 @09:30AM (#50231383)
The wealth of the top 0.1% would add up to much more..
Re:Canadians Are Running Out of Time to Oppose the Dangerous... by NetMageSCW on Monday October 26, 2026 @02:02PM (#50248138)
Fortunately the government can’t just steal everyone’s net worth.
Re:Canadians Are Running Out of Time to Oppose the Dangerous... by ohihcocyc on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @08:42AM (#50258255)
Today.