It is impossible to defend democratic rights or any of the social interests of working people without seizing the unearned wealth of the billionaire parasites.
  • Formfiller@lemmy.world
    34·
    8 months ago

    Confiscate all personal wealth over 100million. Break up any company worth over 50billion. Take all institutions of public service out of private equity: utilities, house, prisons, retirement, schools, postal, healthcare and public land management. Reform the legal system to not give the wealthy any advantage. Do not allow elected representatives to own stocks. Do not allow politicians to take private money for political campaigns. Allowing people and corporations to acquire this type of power has been humanity’s whole problem for thousands of years

    • Wilco@lemm.eeEnglish
      15·
      8 months ago

      Get private equity out of hospitals and forbid them land ownership.

      The current private equity hospital grift:

      1. Buy a non profit hospital and ruthlessly expand it, putting all other competition out of business.
      2. Become the hospital’s own 3rd party billing center (same name)
      3. Become the hospitals own 3rd party collection service, a law firm.
      4. Collect millions per year from the government to pay off unpaid hospital bills.
      5. Collect those bills with the third party collections by any means, garnishment, denials of service. 6. 6. Get the local courts dependent upon the court fees involved.
      6. Collect legal fees on top of the actual medical bills, thus “triple dipping” and getting paid three times … all for services that were mostly paid for by insurance already.