Re:If Jeff Bezos wants to help low-income people why not jus...
by bostik on Saturday September 15, 2018 @04:42AM
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> donating is more tax efficient than paying workers more, because then their income would be taxed.
Eh? Taxing a corporation less is better than having its employees earn more?
Re:If Jeff Bezos wants to help low-income people why not jus...
by leetcrew on Saturday September 15, 2018 @10:09AM
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I was talking about tax efficiency in that post, not any grand moral claim.
although since we're on this topic, I would note that the US already spends as much or more money per grade school student than most of the European countries that we look to as models. this leads me to think that just shoving more tax dollars into the bureaucratic rube goldberg machine might actually be less impactful than a targeted charity effort.
i mean, he still ends up with less money. he just doesn't get taxed on the money he gives away.
one could argue that donating is more tax efficient than paying workers more, because then their income would be taxed.