Taxes from the middle class. Ftfy.
Saw this on Facebook đ
Submitted â¨â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago⊠by â¨JimmyMemes@lemmy.world⊠to â¨workreform@lemmy.worldâŠ
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BanditMcDougal@lemmy.world â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
psycho_driver@lemmy.world â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
I left a private sector job where I did increasingly evil things for a good amount of money for a public works job where Iâm doing something beneficial to society. I have to work a shit-ton of OT to make the same money but the OT is there for the working and I ultimately maybe work a hair more than I used to in my salary position.
chicagohuman@lemm.ee â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Living the ducking dream man, have at it!
RoryButlerMusic@lemm.ee â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
I have a public service job.
Canât afford to live, get shouted at by callers irrelevant to my role each day just cos I am at a phone, canât work from home despite the whole organisation doing so, higher paid people throw their workload at me cos they donât want to do it.
Feels no different from when i was in the private sector really.
GBU_28@lemm.ee â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
No offense due but I hope youâre interviewing
RoryButlerMusic@lemm.ee â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Looking, not much on the market right now, but itâs a process I suppose!
atetulo@lemm.ee â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Canât afford to live
At what quality of life?
I find it hard to believe you have a public service job that canât pay for your peanut butter sandwiches and basic vegetables to stay alive.
RoryButlerMusic@lemm.ee â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
The wording was a tad dramatic.
I can afford to eat. But I canât afford housing and any enjoyment comes with guilt from knowing itll have a knock on effect to my finances. Iâm living with a parent (who similarly struggles to pay bills)
Itâs more a case of finding it hard to hit the bills and not being able to see a future where Iâm comfortable.
Iâd say itâs mostly due to the cost of living rather than the pay. 10 years ago Iâd be doing quite well, but the pay grades havenât changed to meet inflation or accommodate for the high cost of living.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.world â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Probably not taxes of the rich, who use havens and methods to avoid paying taxes. Itâs the people paying.
Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
I keep reading unionized as un-ionizedâŚ
Steve@communick.news â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
I think youâre think of deionized.
sebinspace@lemmy.world â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
First rule of English: learn every word
Second rule of English: Consistency is one of those words
Third rule of English: Consistency does not apply to English
dipshit@lemmy.world â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Nothing better than taking rich peopleâs money!
berot3@lemmy.world â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Thatâs right, @dipshit
workerONE@lemmy.world â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Government spending is not funded by taxes. When the Federal government spends, it credits accounts with the press of a keystroke, creating money from nothing. The federal government issues money by spending and destroys money by collecting taxes.
ieightpi@lemmy.world â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Mind elaborating on this rich tax? Iâm honestly curious but also feeling skeptical. Iâm starting to think this is just a joke since itâs in meme form.
ScrotusMaximus@lemmy.ninja â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
A grant (taxpayer money) funded company creating jobs that will eventually run out of money while having then double benefit of poors feeling empowered and forgetting/not caring who is siphoning off the value of the company slowly.
Context: https://lemmy.ninja/comment/2180478
JokeDeity@lemm.ee â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Shit man, hiring?
thorbot@lemmy.world â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Piss man, is not hiring
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Iâll take, âThings that will never happen,â for 200, Alex.
RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
A facebook meme that isnât nuclear waste level toxic dogshit? Either this is breaking my brain or Iâm misinterpreting it.
unfreeradical@lemmy.world â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
I feel you have a very low bar.
I am really tiring of the shitposts
MiddleWeigh@lemmy.world â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Iâve been working at a rich ladies house the last few weeks.
If you used her money to feed an entire town for a month, she wouldnât even know.
bob_wiley@lemmy.world â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
[deleted]sebinspace@lemmy.world â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
There are some thing that will always be dangerous and thereâs nothing that can be done to mitigate risks. See also: linemen. Electricity is pretty goddam indifferent.
However, if your union was not helping at all, then you need to have a word with union leadership or, maybe, replace them :)
unfreeradical@lemmy.world â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
There are very few guarantees ever.
Not having a union guarantees having no power when the bosses stomp their boots over the faces of workers.
A union is just workers agreeing and organizing among themselves that they prefer to fight back. United we can build the power we need to make meaningful advances.
There is no reason simply to let the bosses win every time.
Taringano@lemm.ee â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Hmmm where does public service build wind turbines?
jcdenton@lemy.lol â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Define the rich
bullant@lemmy.world â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
100% they mean average working class families. We all know the real rich donât pay proper taxes
doppelgangmember@lemmy.world â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Stop it youâre starting to tax me đ
netburnr@lemmy.world â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Itâs funny because the rich donât pay taxes.
tdawg@lemmy.world â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
They do if you have taxes on captial gains :)
IDontHavePantsOn@lemm.ee â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Canât get taxed if you never cash out.
PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
The top 1% pays 42% of taxes.
Chetzemoka@startrek.website â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
They pay 42% of INCOME taxes, which are only 40% of the annual federal tax receipts. Which means their income tax only amounts to about 17% of the overall tax receipts. Their FICA contributions are capped and they pay no FICA on anything over about $140,000. FICA tax accounts for 25% of overall federal tax receipts. The majority of remaining tax receipts are consumption taxes and property taxes, both of which impact lower income citizens more.
taxfoundation.org/âŚ/us-tax-revenue-by-tax-type-20âŚ
www.bench.co/blog/tax-tips/fica-tax
www.investopedia.com/terms/r/regressivetax.asp