Comment on Why exactly are nursing aids paid so poorly?
Triasha@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoWe should tax wealth not work. But that’s not socialism. Socialism is workers owning the means of production.
Comment on Why exactly are nursing aids paid so poorly?
Triasha@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoWe should tax wealth not work. But that’s not socialism. Socialism is workers owning the means of production.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
wealth is accumulated income. income is generally from work. that’s the logic they use to justify already having taxed wealth.
Triasha@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Wealth disparities of millions of times are anathema to democratic government. If you don’t want peasants and feudal nobility, you have to offset wealth accumulation.
Inheritance taxes have proven insufficient. So wealth taxes are the next best compromise.