Re:Apple takes down ICE tracking apps after pressure from DOJ
by Der_Einzige on Thursday October 02, 2025 @09:46PM
(#45457906)
Unironically it's because liberals actually like paying taxes. Every state and local school board tax increase passes where I live because it's a bunch of pot smoking hippies who unironically believe in wealth redistribution through progressive taxation.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Apple takes down ICE tracking apps after pressure from DOJ
by angoragoats on Friday October 03, 2025 @07:45AM
(#45461777)
How is a tax increase to fund schools wealth redistribution?
Re:Apple takes down ICE tracking apps after pressure from DOJ
by compiler-guy on Friday October 03, 2025 @02:47PM
(#45466340)
Well, it's a wealth distribution from adults in a community to kids in the community, but a very good one that almost always benefits the whole community.
Re:Apple takes down ICE tracking apps after pressure from DOJ
by angoragoats on Friday October 03, 2025 @03:12PM
(#45466640)
I do get what you're saying, but at the risk of being overly pedantic, this doesn't really make sense as written.
Usually "wealth redistribution" implies actual money or other liquid or semi-liquid assets being transferred from one group to another, and the kids in the community aren't receiving any of the money being put into school taxes.
I suppose one could argue that school taxes are wealth redistribution from the community to the _teachers and staff_. As someone who counts quite a few teachers among my friends and family, I wholeheartedly support this redistribution of wealth.