Comment on Affluent Americans are driving US economy and likely delaying need for Fed rate cuts - KESQ
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 5 months agoNo, this is just how you feel because you’re in the top 5% and don’t want to do your part.
I do my part. It’s time others do their part. We already pay more of our income and the bulk of all taxes.
It’s time for you to sacrifice like we do.
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 5 months ago
Who is “we”?
You do realize the lower earners in this country pay taxes too, yeah?
Omg how are the poor ever going to live without yacht money!!! Oh wait, we already do……you just don’t want to get used to it.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Then you didn’t look at the chart I provided you. We can’t have a conversation until you educate yourself on the topic. About 1/2 of Americans pay nothing in taxes. Zero
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 5 months ago
I looked but it’s irrelevant.
Are you upset at poor people not paying as much in tax, or the ultra wealthy getting away with no paying their fair share due to the tax system?
If the first, what makes you think they should pay more when they’re already struggling?
If the second, then would you support tax reform that requires the richest to pay more into it without as many loopholes, and would you be willing to be one of those people paying more as a 5%-er?
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 5 months ago
It’s a 100% relevant. We can’t have a conversation if you won’t be intellectually honest.
I normally abandon a thread when it’s not productive. If you deny the real world then there is little value in a conversation.
All Americans should be taxed at a similar pain level. It encourages people to stop voting for stupid spending.