Minimum wage workers are increasingly unable to make ends meet in Canada's rental markets, a new report shows, a struggle only made worse by pressure from higher interest rates.
In the most technical sense of the term, yes, billionaires several times over are citizens. But I’d argue that a citizen in the truest sense of the word contributes meaningfully to a community. By hoarding their billions and perpetuating (even exacerbating) exploitation in the pursuit of more billions negates them being true citizens. They reap from society and the environment more than they contribute.
In the most technical sense of the term, yes, billionaires several times over are citizens. But I’d argue that a citizen in the truest sense of the word contributes meaningfully to a community. By hoarding their billions and perpetuating (even exacerbating) exploitation in the pursuit of more billions negates them being true citizens. They reap from society and the environment more than they contribute.