Damien Marie AtHopeMassachusetts passed a 4% millionaire's tax last year. Now every public school student is going to get free lunch.
https://www.businessinsider.com/massachusetts-millionaire-tax-gets-kids-free-school-lunches-2023-8
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@DamienMarieAtHope we already have this in California
freeformz 🏳️🌈@DamienMarieAtHope it’s like taxing the rich and using the money to address public needs works!?!?!?!?!?
Francis@freeformz @DamienMarieAtHope That can’t be right. The only way to help people is to let the rich keep more money so they can spend it. 8^/
Clay Rosenthal@seraphimages @freeformz @DamienMarieAtHope it’ll work any day now. We’ve only been trying for what?
Oh wait just checked my notes we’ve been trying that for 60 years. But yeah any day now that money will trickle down
@clayrosenthal @freeformz @DamienMarieAtHope Exactly, and besides, imagine how you will feel when you become a millionaire and have to fall on your own sword with these taxes you want millionaires to pay.
@seraphimages @clayrosenthal @DamienMarieAtHope
Fine. I’ll feel fine paying a fair share. If I’m making millions that means I have too much for myself. Note: I’d like to have to experience this “problem”.
@freeformz @clayrosenthal @DamienMarieAtHope I hope one day we all can have that “difficulty” to have to deal with.
Clinton Anderson SwordForHire@freeformz @seraphimages @clayrosenthal @DamienMarieAtHope
Who was it that suggested that the tax rate over one million dollars should be 100%?
Cause I don't disagree.... And yeah it's a problem I'd love to have
Chris Coleman@DamienMarieAtHope As a future millionaire, I’m furious about this.
Ms Bailey, Sound Production Arc@DamienMarieAtHope As a future millionaire, I'm happy to help pay my share BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE
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And don't gimme that "I walked uphill in the snow with a bicycle over my head barefoot" stuff either; I refuse to be a monster to the future generations.
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And don't gimme that "I walked uphill in the snow with a bicycle over my head barefoot" stuff either; I refuse to be a monster to the future generations.
Comrade elronxenu@ayilathebailey @DamienMarieAtHope That's a great policy; they should tax the millionaires more.
@elronxenu @ayilathebailey @DamienMarieAtHope Taxed so much that there's never any such thing as billion or trillionaire too.....
CHB@DamienMarieAtHope One small step in the right direction!
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🆘Bill Cole 🇺🇦
ZYKLΘP 🧑💻🖤❤️✊This is the closest implementation of #EatTheRich I have seen yet:
Massachusetts passed a 4% millionaire's tax last year. Now every public school student is going to get free lunch.
https://www.businessinsider.com/massachusetts-millionaire-tax-gets-kids-free-school-lunches-2023-8
Matunos@DamienMarieAtHope and that's just using a portion of the proceeds from the tax
afastaudir8@DamienMarieAtHope Good to hear!
Dashtop@Dashtop That would be better.
Imre 🇨🇦@Dashtop @DamienMarieAtHope
Careful what you wish for……
At 40%, they’ll learn to hide their wealth
@Ferencz I mean it's not wealth tax, but income tax in Australia is 45%:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_tax_in_Australia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_tax_in_Australia
Dogzilla@DamienMarieAtHope I’m glad I live here - sometimes it feels like Mass is the only state in America that hasn’t lost its damn mind
Scrambles@Dogzilla @DamienMarieAtHope I've been looking for somewhere sane to move.....maybe I'll job hunt there! 😁❤
@Scrambelzini @DamienMarieAtHope The main thing that had me looking to move elsewhere were the winters. But the past few winters have been pretty mild - we’re joking in a few years we’ll have North Carolina weather. Coupled with the reality that nowhere else makes as much sense due to climate change or political issues, and it really feels like the Northeast is the best place to settle now.
@Dogzilla @DamienMarieAtHope I agree...!
B’Mal Suj@DamienMarieAtHope
More of this!!!!
A lot more.
Full Metal Accountant@DamienMarieAtHope
But how are the millionaires getting by after this?
But how are the millionaires getting by after this?
Guy Montag@DamienMarieAtHope they're taxing an extra 4% on annual earnings over $1 million and expect to pull in $1 billion? How many people in Massachusetts make that much money and what do they do?
BlueintheSouth@DamienMarieAtHope But what about the poor millionaires?!