Taxes are actually alright
Posted Sep 4, 2021, 7:19 AM UTC
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I was expecting to find people simping for unregulated capitalism.
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This is beautiful
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I love that there’s an entire sausage in that sandwich
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best one yet
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Meh taxes are OK if done in moderation. Governments rarely have any incentive to use tax money efficiently
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I agree, tax normal people moderately and tax fat cats with a heavier hand
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Not really, taxing "fat cats" more than normal people is just a fix all idea that just sounds good on paper but ultimately carries over the burden onto consumers. I'm not a fan of broad tax cuts for the rich for no reason but taxing them too much and disincentivizing any growth or innovation is just as stupid as taxing them too little. Most of the rich already pay more in tax revenue than the rest of the population. If you really want higher tax revenue, close down the loopholes that the government allows for the rich.
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Is this about the US?
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Don't know. I do know that in many EU countries you easily pay more than half of your income in taxes with a middle income.
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Naturally.
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Less about the amount of tax IMO, and more about the kind of tax (and in turn, what said tax penalizes).
Income tax? Cringe. Penalizes work.
Payroll tax? Cringe. Penalizes hiring.
Sales tax? Cringe. Penalizes buying things.
Capital gains tax? Meh. Penalizes investment.
Property tax? Meh. Penalizes development.
Wealth tax? Meh. Penalizes savings and investment.
Pigovian tax? Based. Penalizes pollution.
Severance tax? Based. Penalizes natural resource exploitation.
Land value tax? Based. Penalizes land speculation.
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Based
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And if it were actually used for stuff people agree with.
The City of Amsterdam has a deficit of millions for fixing its quays, canals and waterways, while it spends lots of money on extreme-leftist hobbies such as yoga for rejected immigrants, I wish I were joking.
The irony of it all is that one of the first quays to fall into the water formed the the road in front of the Social "Sciences" Building of the University of Amsterdam who actively encourage the wasteful spending.
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Exactly
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TAX THE RICH
Also that whole scene was comedy gold.
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The best part of this meme is how it is suggested that someone can buy a huge sandwich for five dollars, let alone two.
Really shows the inflation that happened between when this book was written and when it came out.
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I love this scene. He gives a few bucks to the guy who never laughed, and is rich af.