Yeah, but why not rather work for a 1% annual wealth tax, permanent

Because right now, they don't have any hope getting that past the propaganda defenses.

While I generally hate the expression, think of this as a trial balloon: once this proves to not cause Armageddon and in fact be a little helpful for 99.999% of people, that sets a precedent that can then be used to argue for permanence as well as higher percentages.

With apologies for yet another cliché, sometimes you gotta walk before you can do sick stunts while flipping off the enemies of humanity 🤷🏻