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Re:Top 3% of U.S. Taxpayers Paid Majority of Income Taxes in... by refurb on Sunday October 14, 2018 @05:52PM (#18215647)
Complex contracts? Pretty sure the rich pay for their own lawyers for those.

And you’re also not looking beyond first order beneficiaries. The factory worker also benefits from the court system that allows for complex contracts as it allows his employer to operate and him to have a job.

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Re:Top 3% of U.S. Taxpayers Paid Majority of Income Taxes in... by pm24601 on Sunday October 14, 2018 @06:10PM (#18215770)
Absolutely.

1. Forced Arbitration clauses in an employment contract.

2. Successful reduction of workplace safety laws.

3. Easy relocation of factories and capital to low-wage locations.

4. Poor environmental protections

5. the elimination of defined benefit pension programs

6. CEO income being 400-1000x greater than average worker at same firm.

Oh, I see you are talking about factory workers in South-East Asia.

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