No One Goes There Anymore

Re:No One Goes There Anymore by newacct583 on Sunday May 17, 2020 @08:51AM (#23211613)

I think you're strawmanning. No one in this thread is talking about "social aid" programs or budgets for them, the subject at hand is tax fairness. At least you'll agree that the US tax regime, as it's implemented right now, is unfairly regressive, right? And that should be fixed, at least as far as it goes? Bezos currently pays less tax than I do, and he should at least pay that much, right?

> No, they imstead promulgate ideas such as wealth ceilings: anything you earn over 100 million is taxed 100%. There can be no billionaires.

I'm sorry... who is saying this? This isn't a serious policy promoted by anyone that I'm aware of.

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Re:No One Goes There Anymore by TedDoesntTalk on Sunday May 17, 2020 @12:36PM (#23213119)

> I'm sorry... who is saying this?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_wage

The history section is particularly interesting especially the recent history. I hear this talk all the time on social media.

> Bezos currently pays less tax than I do, and he should at least pay that much, right?

I don’t know your earnings, but let’s assume it’s under $1M annually. I do not believe you pay more in gross taxes than Jeff Bezos. If you paid more, you would likely have $0.00 remaining. What is your source for how much tax he pays? It is likely in the millions.

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Re:No One Goes There Anymore by JamesBarney on Sunday May 17, 2020 @01:24PM (#23213500)

The person your replying to is talking about percentage.

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Re:No One Goes There Anymore by TedDoesntTalk on Sunday May 17, 2020 @04:22PM (#23215086)

So Bezos is, in fact, paying more taxes than him. What am I missing? He wants Bezos to pay more as a percentage of income?

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Re:No One Goes There Anymore by JamesBarney on Sunday May 17, 2020 @04:48PM (#23215331)

Yeah, that's what he's arguing for.

When Buffet for instance says he pays less in taxes than his secretary he means a a percentage of his total earnings.

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