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Sources 1-4Resource Royalties

Metals and Industrial Minerals

Metals and Industrial Minerals

$78,300,000,000

(2015)

5

Metals and Industrial Minerals Royalties

25% Royalty

$19,575,000,000per year

Coal

Coal

$31,300,000,000

Coal Royalties

$7,825,000,000 per year

Oil

3,441,787,000 barrels per year

$44 per barrel

$151,438,628,000

Oil Royalties

$37,859,657,000 per year

Natural Gas

28,812,904,000,000 ft3 per year

$3.50 per 1000 ft3

$100,845,164,000

Natural Gas Royalties

$25,211,291,000per year

Source 5Land Use Royalty

Royalty Fee:

$400 per acre

Acres of Native American Land:

56,200,000acres

Farmland: 914,527,657 acres

Number of farms: 2,109,303

X

3 acres per farm

6,327,909 acres

Total Nonexempt Land:

1,296,019,710acres

(2,260,419,458 - 56,200,000 – 914,527,657 + 6,327,909)

(US Total – Native American Land – Total Farmland + 3acre Rule)

Land Use Royalty:

$518,407,884,000per year

Source 6The Carbon Tax

CO2 Released:

5,271,000,000 metric tons

(2015)

Carbon Tax

$131,775,000,000per year

Sources 7-9Social Security Revenue

Removal of the Social Security Wage Cap

Estate Tax

Current Social Security Revenue:

$769,400,000,000per year

Removal of the Social Security Wage Cap

$100,000,000,000per year

(2030 projection)

The Estate Tax

$29,000,000,000per year

Source 10Financial Transaction Levy

Original research from:

Dean Baker, Robert Pollin, Travis McArthur, & Matt Serman in “The Potential Revenue from Financial Transaction Taxes” with the Center for Economic and Policy Research & the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (December 2009)

Financial Transaction Levy

$250,000,000,000per year

Source 11The United Investment Income

5,008 public traded companies in USA.

S&P 500 accounts for 75% of the total US equity market

Average Earning per Share for S&P 500 Companies:

$4per year

S&P 500 Companies

…

Total Number of Shares: 282,407,430,333

…

30% of All Shares: 84,722,229,100

…

Earnings Per Share

$1 $2 $3 $4 $5$84,722,229,100 $169,444,458,200 $254,166,687,300 $338,888,916,400 $423,611,145,500

…

(add 25% for non-S&P 500 Companies)

…$112,962,972,133 $225,925,944,266 $338,888,916,400 $451,851,888,533 $564,814,860,666

United Investment Income

$451,851,888,533per year

Source 12The Fair Pay Incentive

1950s–1960s Pay Ratio:

1:20

38

2010s Pay Ratio:

1:300+

39

1:1 – 1:50

0% added

→

40

1:51 – 1:100

5% added

→

41

1:101 – 1:150

10% added

→

42

1:151 – 1:200

15% added

→

43

1:201+

25% added

→

Corporate Profit with IVA and CCAdj:

2015 before tax → $8,035,700,000,000

2015 after tax → $5,916,700,000,000

Estimation Range

If All Pay At:1:1-50 →1:51-100 →

1:101-150 →1:151-200 →1:201+ →

Yearly Total:$0

$295,835,000,000

$591,670,000,000

$887,505,000,000

$1,479,175,000,000

The Fair Pay Incentive:

$500,000,000,000per year

Source 13Federal Welfare Transference

Current Welfare Expenditure:

Federal, State, and Local Welfare: $1.03 trillion

Corporate Welfare: $110 billion

Total: $1.14 trillionper year

Federal Welfare Transference:

$500,000,000,000per year

Source 14Global Democratic Citizen Investment Income

GDP of World Democracies:

$26 - $35 trillion

(USA not included)

Global Democratic Citizen Investment Income:

$100,000,000,000per year

Total Revenue from Sources:

$3,440,905,720,533per year

$1,345per month

$16,143per year

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