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No dude fuck that.
I pay my shit and you should pay the same exact percentage of total income that I pay.
I worked a 10 hour shift the other day at $20/hr but after taxes its like I worked one hour for free and this will happen every single shift I will work until I die.
but meanwhile this dude has more money than god and wants to weasel out of his fair share.
What the fuck is up with that? I don't mind paying my fair share I like roads and people to have housing and food if they need it because I'm not a greedy pig.
But why do you and I have to do that and people like this get rewarded for how much they avoid doing that? That starts to weigh on me more and more lately.
No, he should pay a higher percentage. Inequality is objectively bad for society and tax policy should be intentionally designed to reduce it.
Yeah, we have a progressive tax system (in theory) for a reason. People earning next to nothing shouldn't be paying taxes. People earning millions should be paying a shit load of taxes. The idea of a flat tax is robbery against the poor.
I mean, yes, being unfair to the poor is a big reason. But what I was really getting at is how, in the long run, it's suicidal for the rich, too. Inequality is what makes societies collapse.
Yeah but it's just their grandkids and they can become warlords
You think those spoiled fucks know the first thing about any practical skill that would aid in becoming a warlord? This is a caste of people so useless that they pay people to produce blood for them. The moment currency is over, so are the chances that anyone with that absurd level of entitlement has any chance of long-term survival.
Wait they pay for blood? I have buckets of that stuff next to the emergency lymph supply. Are they paying enough to cover the juice and cookies?
making poor people poorer, and angry is a useful tool to keep them voting conservative-wise or center right. they arnt going to suddenly give up that advantage.
Eh, I strongly prefer progressive taxation. But yeah, I want everyone who has enough to pay taxes so we can all have a functioning government that tests our food, builds infrastructure, all that crap. I pay my share, he should too.
The thing is, the rich don't have income (at least on paper). An income tax on the rich is useless therefore. We need to tax their wealth, which is what makes them rich.
But otherwise, I share your ire. Fuck these dudes not paying their fair share.
He doesn't make "Income". All his money in all invested and "cannot be taxed"
But he can get loans on his investments and is able to live off of that...tax free.
if YOU own a house and got a mortgage, you could do the same but oops, you need to pay property taxes,etc.
I see a problem here.