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jmpman
Time for a real estate tax, not a feel good giving pledge by the billionaires.
newhacker2719
Taking someone else's money is the solution?
pacamara619
Yes, taking someone else's money is usually how taxes work.
[dead] pii
If you think this isn't already what's happening with the massive transfer of wealth to the already wealthy, your head is in the sand
exclusiv
Property taxes already work quite well. Well except for CA where a lot of homeowners have arbitrarily locked in low property taxes.
jmpman
Pardon, a large estate tax.
[dead] PostThisTooFast
"The millennial generation, people born between 1981 and 1996"

WHAT? NO. Millennials are the people who graduated college in 2000. So we're talking about people born 1979-1982 or so.

Fail, Newsweek.

artichokes
It seems to be expected that people who have been earning an income for less time have fewer saved assets than people who have been working longer.
maerF0x0
> 4 Times Poorer Than Baby Boomers Were At Age 34

Same age comparison. However doesn't seem to account for 4 additional years of education (university)