Despite being %1 of the population, they commit %16 of the pollution worldwide.
Well, according to billionaires that are crying literal crocodile tears on the news, “tax the rich” is a racial slur.
They’re so deluded that they don’t even know what comes after tax the rich. That’s the moderate position.
the people are already brainwashed that with enough work and movie like smart tricks they can become with the Elite , that’s why they don’t support taxation because and worker rights because they believe it would help them supposedly when their childish dreams come true
This is so true sadly. Talked to some friends irl who truly believe that one day they could also become a billionaire. They don’t even own a company. I think many have no concept of this number. It always surprises me how many are confused about which ‘team’ they are in and who their allies really are.
Yeah, a rich asshole is prolly the cause behind hantavirus not being properly handled
More likely a fucking boomer squandering their grandkids’ inheritance.
All rich people do these days is spread diseases, take our jobs, live off our taxes, eat hot chip and lie.
Don’t forget charge they phone and twerk
And inflate the local economy so no one else can live there
The last time they paid taxes was probably in 1993.
Don’t they pay like the majority of taxes in America?
No, in America the more money you make, the less your taxes become.
to a point, then you pay $0 and after that, you actually get taxpayer money in goverment contracts.
That’s not true. Taxes increase as you move up income brackets.
Oh I thought we were talking about the rich, the people who are at the point of paying negative taxes. Like the comment directly next to yours goes further into.
The relevant metric is “proportionate” not “majority”. The working poor pay a much higher proportion of their earnings in taxes than the ultra rich.
For example, our social security system is funded by taxes on the first $184,500 of personal income. Every dollar you earn above that is exempted from social security tax. That’s a 12.4% regressive flat tax. That tax is not assessed against business income, only personal income.
The working poor usually don’t pay federal taxes, and usually pay a -% if you include rebates or credits.
The middle class on the other hand gets screwed in taxes.
They still pay a high percentage of their income in sales tax, and they ultimately pay their landlord’s property taxes. The middle class might see the highest taxes, but the working poor still pay proportionally more than the ultra-rich.
It would have to be both refunds and credits to get more back than you paid in.
Or just credits. A few years i paid -3% federal income tax because is the kids.
AND rape children.
You can start calling them Epsteins?
Rich people regularly molesting my life savings but nobody believes me.
Don’t forget the raping and murdering.
Kinda like what Europeans did to the native populations of the Americas.
What the fuck does “grawlixed” mean…?
It is when you $@&!%#
Grawlix is one of my favorite #*&$ing words
Mine too.
Seems xenophobic, no? As a person who moved to another country, I seem to spend a lot of money to locals.
Not really , if you come from the west and settle in east chances are u just being there is cranking up the prices up to 200% a 1000$/month puts you among the lower rich class in my country , while its a minimum wage in Europe for example , it gets crazier when you spend more of that 1000$ because only 10% is enough to get you comfortably threw the month example : bunch of you who don’t negotiate prices because for u its too cheap , drives the prices up a lot especially for those who barely get 50$ a month !
If you have to work for s living, then this isn’t about you.
unless they call themselves “expats” in which case fuck them
Alternatively, insist on calling all immigrants ‘expats’?
fuck no. i ain’t no expat
But I provide so many jobs.
it’s about rich gentrifiers. if you are one, then fuck you, if you aren’t one, then this isn’t about you and you should still be pissed about them
Welcome to lemmy
