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Really took me a while to figure out they were trying to make me think of people on benefits rather than shareholders

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kbin.social

...maybe if the rich people paid their fair share... both in taxes AND in wages... people wouldn't be living in poverty... cutting back on senseless wars could help too...

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MisterDreply
lemmy.ca

You tax their WEALTH. They make damn sure they don't get a salary to avoid taxes

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lemmy.world

So tax the company based on profit margin. Corporations being considered people while not being held under the same scrutiny is one of the biggest problems.

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Companies are taxed for their profit. They are careful to not make a taxable profit. They can spend what would be profit on R&D or advertising or expansion

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Fair share means ending the tyranny of individual ownership of the Means of Production. Taxes are a good start though.

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lemmy.today

They’re saying this to Bernie Sanders? Bro what,.. have you heard literally anything he’s said?

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Melkathreply
kbin.social

If Bernie shot off a tweet that said "you could write me in", I would be DOWN.

Bet he would take general... we would need to make them actually count though.

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Honytawkreply
lemmy.zip

Maybe next election when Trump is in jail

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Ya, gotta make sure Genocidal Joe has a solid shot of finishing the job with the Palestinians.

And that he gets us resoundingly balls deep in military conflicts with every middle eastern country.

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'people working zero hours a week'

Did anyone else take this as meaning "politicians"?

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GluWureply
lemm.ee

My landlord worked so hard to inherit a third of the properties in town.

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lemmy.world

Lol, "high taxes". You think that's the problem in the US?

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When you add all of the taxes up - yeah it's pretty high, especially considering our infrastructure and healthcare situation. ROI is absolutely shit.

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I was so confused not knowing what community this was in. Im like, "...but that's what Bernie's all about, not giving out money to rich executives"

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I fucking paid my taxes to protect me from poverty if I became disabled... little did I know that disability only pays 11k/year and if you have more than $2k in the bank or in valuables, they take away your food and Medicaid. That $2k asset limit hasn't changed since 1974. We can't fix a vehicle on that, we can't pay our rent, we can't survive on max $2k at any given time. If adjusted for inflation, it would be $13k. That's enough to survive on.

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It's my higher value contribution to profits that are going to people who don't work.

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lemm.ee

#theleftcabtmemeabouttherightnotmemingproperly

It's getting ridiculous now.

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