Andrea Junker Sep 4, 2023

Wealth of Elon Musk
2012: $2,000,000,000
2023: $248,800,000,000

Wealth of Jeff Bezos
2012: $18,400,000,000
2023: $160,900,000,000

Wealth of Mark Zuckerberg
2012: $17,500,000,000
2023: $105,200,000,000

Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2023: $7.25

Three words: tax the rich.

Show threadPro Lamer DudeSep 4, 2023

@Strandjunker Tax everyone, why "the rich" ? The problem is that "the rich" is too vague, to ambiguous of a term, where do we set the threshold ?

Make it just, make it correct, so that everyone can get behind the idea !

Tax everyone, a just and fair percentage, and that way, nobody can complain they are taxed too much, or more than the next person. Only way to get everyone to agree !

Show threadpotpieSep 4, 2023
@prolamerdude @Strandjunker the non-rich are already taxed pretty well
Show threadPro Lamer DudeSep 4, 2023
@potpie @Strandjunker That's a part of what I mean. Everyone should be taxed the same ! No more unequal treatment, where some are taxed already a lot, while others are not. The only fair solution would be the same percentage tax on EVERYONE !
Show threaddr elmyraSep 5, 2023
@prolamerdude @potpie @Strandjunker that's regressive and leads to further inequality.
Show threadPro Lamer DudeSep 5, 2023
@elmyra @potpie @Strandjunker How so ? I'm sorry I don't know enough about the differences between progressive and regressive, but for example :
person A earns 1000$
person B earns 100$
If they both pay 25% tax : person A pays 250$, while person B pays 25$
That feels fair.
The person that earns more, paid a lot more taxes as a net value, directly proportional to their earnings, 10 times more, and that is fair, because they earned 10 times more, while still both paying the exact same percentage
Show threaddr elmyra
@prolamerdude @potpie @Strandjunker of person A earns $100 and gets taxed $25, that's $25 they're not able to spend on basic necessities like food. For person B that's $250 they're not able to spend on luxuries.
Sep 6, 2023 at 11:56amWeb
Show threadpotpieSep 6, 2023
@elmyra @prolamerdude @Strandjunker exactly; it at least makes sense not to tax what amounts to a basic cost of living. $25 out of $100 is cutting into food and rent. $25 million, $40 million, $60 million out of $100 million is... not.
Show threadPro Lamer DudeSep 6, 2023
@potpie @elmyra @Strandjunker I can't see the rest of the original thread, I think someone blocked me ... So sadly I can't answer to your point, without knowing what we were talking about :(