Thanks to the folks at United for A Fair Economy (UFE), we now have a pretty good idea what Robin Hood might do with the wealth of the richest 400 families in America.
Turns out they’re not really rich, they’re really, really rich. To the tune of 1.73 trillion dollars. Trillion.
And it turns out that 1.73 trillion bucks has some serious purchasing power.
Here’s the way UFE recently broke it down for us:
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The richest 400 households can pay off every student loan for every single student in the entire United States.
The richest 400 could pay your rent, and the rent of every renter for three years in the U.S.