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Posted on 6/9/21 at 3:44 pm to Abstract Queso Dip
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Medical bills are the number 1 reason for people filing bankruptcy.
It’s almost like being forced to dump trillions of our dollars into the healthcare industry by the federal government has caused inflation in that one sector well beyond what the market would dictate.
It’s also almost as if Democrats and progressives don’t have the foggiest notion about the very basics of how an economy and market forces work.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 3:45 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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It’s almost like being forced to dump trillions of our dollars into the healthcare industry by the federal government has caused inflation in that one sector well beyond what the market would dictate.
It’s also almost as if Democrats and progressives don’t have the foggiest notion about the very basics of how an economy and market forces work.
You're right, Republicans haven't been doing the same exact thing.
Neither party is above fault in this shite show
Neither give a shite about anything except getting votes in the next election and that's not going to change as long as career cronies like McConnell and Pelosi get voted out of office.
This post was edited on 6/9/21 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 6/9/21 at 4:24 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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No, you aren't the only idiot
Derp derp derp... unbelievably there's a better way dipshit
Posted on 6/9/21 at 4:28 pm to Abstract Queso Dip
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charities like "feeding America" shouldn't exist.
Correct, by this time in society, where even our poor wouldn't be poor in many countries, people should be able to feed themselves. There's no excuse for it.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 4:30 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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You're right, Republicans haven't been doing the same exact thing.
Agreed. Gee Dub foisted the unconstitutional Prescription Drug Benefit on us. RINOs are worse than Democrats. At least Democrats are up front about their totalitarian ways.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 4:30 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Bag of rice and chicken aint a whole lot.
Easily affordable with any of these job openings.
And with some of those jobs your tax liability will be zero. Outside of SS. But most likely end up gaining money because of extended tax credits and the stimulus payments.
So get your lazy asses to work.
Easily affordable with any of these job openings.
And with some of those jobs your tax liability will be zero. Outside of SS. But most likely end up gaining money because of extended tax credits and the stimulus payments.
So get your lazy asses to work.
This post was edited on 6/9/21 at 4:37 pm
Posted on 6/9/21 at 4:55 pm to Kujo
The Atlantic, that supposed socialist rag, had a very long and good article about the top 10% of American earners and wealth holders. That is, the mostly white and urban/suburban liberal class. That’s the group that has really gentrified hoods, private schooled and tax attorney’d their way very far from the middle class.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 6:08 pm to BuckyCheese
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If Trump's was leaked, amazed it wasn't
There is one reason, and one reason only that Trump’s tax returns have not been leaked.
Because they are actually pretty clean.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 6:41 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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It’s also almost as if Democrats and progressives don’t have the foggiest notion about the very basics of how an economy and market forces work.
They don't. They are weak minded and have mental illness.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 6:49 pm to kywildcatfanone
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They don't. They are weak minded and have mental illness.
Well neither do you, to be fair
Posted on 6/9/21 at 6:50 pm to PrimetimeDaBoss
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paying their fair share
Most annoying phrase in the world to me.
10% pay over 90% of taxes paid but those who effectively pay nothing, or pay nothing and get a credit anyway, complain about fair share. SMH.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 7:32 pm to Kujo
Is it just me or are most “news” articles gaslighting us the last year or so?
Posted on 6/9/21 at 7:48 pm to Kujo
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Bezos paid $0 in income tax, got a $4k tax credit for his two kids
not that I care but you give the whole story...
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Jeff Bezos topped the list by donating $10 billion to launch the Bezos Earth Fund. Bezos, who last week announced he was stepping down as Amazon CEO to devote more time to philanthropy and other projects, also contributed $100 million to Feeding America, the organization that supplies more than 200 food banks.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 8:48 pm to Centinel
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The definition of a progressive tax system is that the wealthiest pay the majority of the taxes.
You may not like how much they pay relative to their wealth, but that is irrelevant when it comes to what is or is not a progressive tax system.
What? That’s not at all how a progressive tax system is defined.
Let’s imagine a flat tax of 25% across all income brackets. Under this system, the top 50% would pay a larger share of total taxes than the bottom 50% - because there are the same number of taxpayers in both groups, but the top 50% have more income. Under your definition, this would be a “progressive” tax system. Except that’s impossible, because a flat percentage tax is NOT a progressive tax, by definition.
A progressive tax system means that the higher earners have a larger tax burden relative to their income. You can argue about whether or not our system is regressive, but it’s absolutely ridiculous to say “how much they pay relative to their wealth” is “irrelevant when it comes to what is or is not a progressive tax system.” (There’s a separate discussion to be had about wealth vs. income, but it’s pretty clear that is not the argument you were making.)
Posted on 6/9/21 at 9:00 pm to Kujo
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Bezos paid $0 in income tax
What was the total tax burden of all the corporations he owns?
Posted on 6/9/21 at 10:24 pm to dgnx6
quote:Exactly. People really seem to struggle with the idea of "worth" vs "rich". I stumbled onto a documentary about Elon Musk and the guy is worth a lot but is relatively cash poor. He'll, I think he's a fricking douchebag but Bezos took one hell of a hit with his divorce. That's some insanely expensive young pussy.
People aren't going to read this and see their little graphic and not come to complete conclusions on how it works.
This may be an unpopular opinion but taxing income and not worth rewards innovation/inventors vs those who inherit money/play the stock market game. If you want to see how people way back in the early 80s played the tax game take a look at how George Halas set up a ton of entities on the East Coast. He protected his daughter and her family of low rent bastards against the death tax. They'd have to sell the team just to pay on the capital gains ($100 franchise fee then => Billions now) if he hadn't paid some expensive wealth management consultants.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 10:43 pm to Willie Stroker
You still choking on dicks Willie?
Posted on 6/9/21 at 10:48 pm to Kujo
How many posters on the board were just outraged at the fact this liberal billionaire paid no taxes…..until they realized trump did the same thing!
Posted on 6/9/21 at 11:09 pm to Abstract Queso Dip
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Capitalism at it's extreme which is where we have been heading the last 40 years means 100 people own all the resources. Before long you may have to pay them to breathe.
Ummm, global poverty has transformed the past 40 years. Quality of living is rising everywhere (america has the richest and most spoiled "below the poverty line" around).
You god damn ingrate.
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