01-14-2025, 10:33 AM
So the root cause of Trump's needing to acquire Greenland's resources, he says, is economic security.
From what I am reading, it appears raising the debt ceiling vote will likely not go Trump's way.
https://navigatorresearch.org/americans-...porations/
If taxes were raised for both the ultra wealthy and big corporations it is estimated the government could raise the following amounts:
From AI search:
Taxing billionaires and corporations could raise billions of dollars annually, which could help fund global crises and reduce poverty. Billionaires
Quote:Trump made the remarks at a free-wheeling news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, less than two weeks before he is sworn in for his second term as president on 20 January.
Asked if he would rule out using military or economic force in order to take over Greenland or the Panama Canal, Trump said: "No, I can't assure you on either of those two.
"But I can say this, we need them for economic security."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg9gvg3452o
From what I am reading, it appears raising the debt ceiling vote will likely not go Trump's way.
https://navigatorresearch.org/americans-...porations/
If taxes were raised for both the ultra wealthy and big corporations it is estimated the government could raise the following amounts:
From AI search:
Taxing billionaires and corporations could raise billions of dollars annually, which could help fund global crises and reduce poverty. Billionaires
- A 2% tax on the wealth of 2,700 billionaires could raise $250 billion annually.
- A 5% wealth tax on the world's billionaires and multi-millionaires could raise $1.7 trillion annually.
- A global minimum tax of 2% on billionaires could encourage countries to tax their wealthiest at higher rates.
- A global minimum tax of 15% on multinational corporations could raise an additional $250 billion annually.
- A windfall tax on oil and gas companies could raise revenue for the government.
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