i can’t remember what conversation we were having before i sent this, but i want to remember that i thought that podcast was something he might be able to listen to and consider, and that it was worth trying to share it.
hi!
i just listened to this podcast about money laundering and it was super interesting! it feels related to a part of our conversation the other day, too – this story shows how money laundering hurts normal people and has created a sort of “extra-national” group of super wealthy people who got there because of corruption and the systems they exploit for crime.
this is one of the reasons i like Warren so much, and also why i don’t worry so much about “how we’ll pay for it” – there is so much money. and maybe not everything she wants will pass, that’s fine. but the most important part to me is someone who has a zero tolerance approach to corruption – and i think that in itself will also free up money to be serving real people – and a “works for real people” priority on whatever policies do pass.
i have no tears for international criminals who are laundering buckets of money losing it, and i have no problem with “legal” super wealthy people also paying high taxes – it has always been the responsibility of wealthy to provide hospitals and orphanages and whatever. if i get that wealthy i’ll happily pay my share too. actually, right now i’m paying more than my share of it, because wealthy people don’t pay as much in taxes.
but anyway, my actual point here was that – i found this report on laundering really good, and also encouraging because even though it’s hard, it’s good to hear there are people working on prosecuting these crimes!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/power-corrupts/id1458750622?i=1000444191473
love you!
he didn’t reply, so i don’t know if he listened to it, but probably not. still, i’m keeping it because maybe i will listen to it again and turn parts of it into conversation.