Make these millionaires pay more
These “Patriotic Millionaires” are surely the most insufferable people on the planet. They regularly take out adverts, sign letters, and sponsor campaigns urging their governments to tax them more, thus indulging in a uniquely hideous blend of conspicuous consumption and virtue-signaling. I am both very rich and a public-spirited soul!”Like so many movements, good and bad, this one started in the United States and spread to the rest of the Anglosphere.
- ▪These “Patriotic Millionaires” are surely the most insufferable people on the planet.
- ▪They regularly take out adverts, sign letters, and sponsor campaigns urging their governments to tax them more, thus indulging in a uniquely hideous blend of conspicuous consumption and virtue-signaling.
- ▪I am both very rich and a public-spirited soul!”Like so many movements, good and bad, this one started in the United States and spread to the rest of the Anglosphere.
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These “Patriotic Millionaires” are surely the most insufferable people on the planet. They regularly take out adverts, sign letters, and sponsor campaigns urging their governments to tax them more, thus indulging in a uniquely hideous blend of conspicuous consumption and virtue-signaling. “Look at me! I am both very rich and a public-spirited soul!”Like so many movements, good and bad, this one started in the United States and spread to the rest of the Anglosphere. Founded in 2010 to campaign, in effect, against the Bush tax cuts, it soon picked up support from publicity-hungry celebs, guilt-ridden nepo babies, and CEOs who wanted to improve their images.
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