#unearned — Public Fediverse posts
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Or is it a firehouse streaming up?
"The analysis also found billionaires were paid $2,500 a second in dividends in 2025, according to the investment portfolios of more than 1,000 billionaires. For every two hours in the 2025, the average billionaire received more in dividends than the average worker earned in annual pay."
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And is it trickling down?
CEO pay soared in 2025, 20 times faster than workers’ pay
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/01/ceo-pay-workers-minimum-wages?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other -
“…#Conservatives have taken to referring to #DEI as ‘didn’t earn it.’ But to the extent that the candidates are running on #unearned #advantages related to personal bio, this better describes #Trump & #JDVance than it does #Harris, who #worked her way up from local to state to federal office over the course of decades.
“Trump was born a #multimillionaire who drove one business after another into the ground, & his reputation as a brilliant businessman is largely due to him playing one on TV.