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Critics Say Musk's Twitter Money Could Fund Global Food Aid

Original: Billionaires and Food banks in the same economy. 110,000,000 People could be reached with emergency food aid globally fo

A campaign arguing for higher taxes on the ultra-wealthy says the roughly $44 billion Elon Musk paid for Twitter could instead fund emergency food aid for 110 million people worldwide for nearly a year and a half. The claim is circulating as part of broader debate over billionaires' wealth and rising hunger and inequality in the same economy.

Why now: Ongoing public anger over extreme wealth inequality and calls to tax billionaires are resonating amid global food insecurity.

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• Billionaires and Food banks in the same economy. 110,000,000 People could be reached with emergency food aid globally for almost a year and a half for the amount Musk paid for Twitter. https:// zer0billionaires.org/?w=twitte r&v=food # Zer0Billionaires # TaxTheRich #… · zer0billionaires · 24

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