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Re:Does uBlock Origin (uBO) currently bypass YouTube's adblo... by chii on Thursday December 07, 2023 @03:10AM (#38554064)
How much more tax are you willing to pay to have these extra utilities be run by govts?
Re:Does uBlock Origin (uBO) currently bypass YouTube's adblo... by ath3nd on Thursday December 07, 2023 @04:57AM (#38554690)
The government should be taxing higher the profits of the big companies and the top earners and reinvesting the money in governance of them.

I think if you are above 500k yearly income, the taxation rate should be something around 80-90% on every cent above that threshold.

Re:Does uBlock Origin (uBO) currently bypass YouTube's adblo... by chii on Thursday December 07, 2023 @05:13AM (#38554813)
in other words, the proposed is a policy for which other people (whom you view as having more wealth) gets taxed for a benefit for which you will gain.
Re:Does uBlock Origin (uBO) currently bypass YouTube's adblo... by ath3nd on Thursday December 07, 2023 @10:44AM (#38557634)
In my country I am taxed 52%, and I don't mind that. I clearly see the money going into public infrastructure, roads, public transport, social housing, greening the cities, etc. If I am unable to work due to illness, I will benefit from 80% of my salary for many years, and after that, 70%. You should give more to the system proportionately to how wealthy you are. People with 10 mansions and a fleet of cars and a private jet while there are homeless on the streets, that is an abberation. The current system is failing because when people get beyond a certain amount of wealth, their wealth can increase exponentially, while they are not taxed exponentially. It's a finite planet, after all. Infinite wealth growth of a few while many can barely afford rent is like cancer and should be taxed to oblivion.

If I was earning more, I would not mind sharing an ever increasing percentage of that in terms of taxes. I don't need 20 houses and 20 cars, and my own rocket, no individual person needs that. People like that should not be allowed to exist by the government.