No Really, Let’s Please Eat The Rich

Sorry, is there something stuck in our teeth? The rich are notoriously tough to eat. But they haven’t really given us much of a choice! Wealth transfers — the siphoning of income, assets and assistance from the working class to the rich — have only widened the wealth gap over the last 40 years, and there are plenty of places to point fingers. The advent of neoliberalism in the ‘80s, the housing collapse in 2007, the 2017 tax cuts and even the financial fallout from the pandemic have contributed to this never-ending wealth transfer that only gets amplified with each new crisis. In this episode, Sana looks at how wealth transfers continue to happen, the faults in our financial system that privilege the 1% and why it’s about darn time to throw pleasantries aside and eat the rich.



Host & Senior Producer: Sana Saeed
Producer & Editor: Nick Garbaty
Executive Producers: Tarek Abu-Esber & Sarah Nasr
Animator: Vivian Chang

[jefferybrown]

Gotta "love" when a once in a lifetime economic recession happens twice before you're 30.

[kennethsoshi]

*"Why is that if you take advantage of a tax break, and you're a corporation, you're a smart businessman. But if you take advantage of something that you need to not be hungry, you're a moocher." - Jon Stewart*

[ruffey]

"Once in a lifetime recession". Expect one every ten to twelve years at this point.

[technojunkie]

This is why I don't want to have kids - if it's already a struggle for me to make a decent living for myself, I sure as heck don't want to bring new humans into this world that will continue to have to fight more to get less in life

[ronkirk]

I'm not against wealthy (just not obscenely rich) individuals, but I wish they'd just pay their fair share of taxes. Reagan's 'trickle down economics' was a con then and it still is today.

[DeadWhiteButterflies]

I've been starving to eat the rich my whole adult life.

[DanA-nluo]

When you elect millionaires you have to expect they will prioritize wealth over the health and wellbeing of the people

[bianca-sgzq]

I'm so glad I give the Amazon delivery staff cash tips. How dare they keep tips intended for the workers???😠

[sailordaigurren]

I wish the rich would figure out that we're either coming for their taxes or for their heads.

[randal_gibbons]

When Yang was running on UBI the right said it was a transfer of wealth from the richest to the poorest. And why do people think ubi is getting something for nothing? It's called getting our fair share of a booming market. When people say ubi or stimulus is a handout, I tell them I have paid taxes all my life, anytime the government wants to give some of my money back to me I'll take it. I don't see a problem with that.

[cl]

Imagine believing voting can solve our problems, lol

[heatherruth]

I'm vegan, but I'll make an exception for this.

[zacharyscheftel]

I’m shocked they let you post this, but I’m very happy that did. Keep speaking the truth on wealth inequality and its causes.

[threadbearr]

Political streamers should raise money for strike funds.

[esarts]

I was in my 20’s in 2007/2008 now I’m in my 30’s and it’s a nightmare. And new studies show that we will have a new virus before this one is over..

[pasangafavmsq]

Saying USA is the greatest country in the world is like saying Saddam had weapon of mass destruction 😂😂😂😂😂.

[shifuthastudent]

"We really can trace back so much contemporary American evil to this man, can't we!" You have no idea.

[ByrdieFae]

I AM FAMISHED, MS. SANA. I don't even care about the indigestion.

[SalvadorCiaro]

No Person can work so hard to get this much money, the people who create wealth are the workers. It's almost impossible to claim a achievement individual because we live in a society and we are all together in this.

[jasminetheconqueror]

"Poverty exist because wealth exist"