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Re:A brief history of nobody wants to work anymore by imtringued on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @06:13AM (#32163626)
>Not only are poor people not contributing (by definition of being poor), they're also convinced their tax contribution is too high.

By this logic sending a job overseas to lower paid workers makes the exact same job contribute less to society. It also means all unpaid work contributes nothing to society. This is particularly absurd with opensource software that generates millions or billions for big corporations.

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Re:A brief history of nobody wants to work anymore by robertthull23 on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @09:34AM (#32165570)
Correct, once the labor pool is expanded to include those people, the value of the work is re-adjusted, since value is relative to all options available.

I did mention income being a rough approximation, implicitly acknowledging unpaid work. Yes, I agree that open-source contributions should be counted as charity donations in regards to taxes.

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