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🗓️ 28 July 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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0:00.0 | I've ruled out uni because I want to live at home. |
0:02.0 | I've ruled out uni because I want to earn money. |
0:05.0 | I've ruled out uni because of my grades. |
0:10.0 | Study with the Open University and there's no need to rule out anything. |
0:13.0 | With our respected degrees, you can learn from home and work alongside study. |
0:17.0 | We're open to all. Plus, you'll have the support of expert tutors. So rethink your |
0:23.6 | future with the degree you didn't think was possible. The Open University. The future is open. |
0:29.6 | The hashtag Eat the Rich racked up over 185 million views on TikTok alone. As wealth inequality |
0:37.4 | hits absolutely absurd levels, there have been |
0:40.2 | increased calls to tax billionaires out of existence and get wealthy people to pay more. AOC wore |
0:46.2 | address to the Met Gala that had taxed the rich emblazoned across it. In July of 2025, the three |
0:53.3 | richest Americans, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg |
0:56.8 | had a combined total of roughly $857 billion, and they owned more wealth than the entire |
1:04.6 | bottom half of the U.S. population combined, which is roughly 160 million people. But that's wealth, not income. |
1:12.6 | It's potential, not reality. |
1:14.6 | Taxing wealth would be like charging you for a flight |
1:17.6 | that you might take one day to Paris. |
1:19.6 | That's why tax has always been on income, money you've actually made. |
1:24.6 | The question though is, are the rich paying their fair share? |
1:28.7 | Now, that question is complex. But the question isn't should the wealthy pay a lot? The answer is |
1:34.6 | obviously yes. The question is, are they paying their fair share? It's so common for people to say |
1:40.1 | that the riches don't pay taxes or that we could solve inequality by taxing the rich |
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