Susanne Kaufmann
Robert ReichRT @inequalitymedia
Have you filed your taxes? Bet you paid a higher rate than these guys.
Never forget that the most egregious looting happens at the very top.
(Note: ProPublica calculated the "true tax rate" as a % of wealth growth.)
Wendy Lady@rbreich @inequalitymedia I paid 5.19% of my income in taxes for last year.
Our city has a 10.25% sales tax rate. Oh, and a sugar tax. And I'm looking across the street and gas prices are currently at $4.85/gallon. I have to drive outside of city limits (about 15-20 miles) to buy groceries for reasonable prices and even then it's often doubled or tripled in price the past couple years. My union fought hard, but even with reported 8-10% inflation, they still only managed to get us 6% COLA increases.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen...you can make $54K a year, still be considered in poverty, but pay more percentage of your income to taxes than Jeff Besoz. And the cost for just living is becoming more and more expensive.
Cool system. 😒
BeeDub
☆Luci☆BrennaColleen@rbreich @inequalitymedia we spent a huge chunk of our income on taxes this year, refund was only $500, we could’ve used those thousands for a number of benefits for our family