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It does have to be said, unfortunately
Sep 17, 2021 3:48 PM
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HeadTurdL
The teachers unions have a lot of power. Have they asked for lower taxes?
duffman3335
Public servants should be tax exempt. Fight me.
astronomygeek7
I wonder what the psychology behind greed is. Why do the poor act more generously than the rich?
BootsDusty
dekket
Then raise taxes on dividends. And get rid of those near-zero interest loans only available to the uber wealthy.
BootsDusty
PraiseThePook
Agreed.
TheobromineAddict
If the teacher had the same tax accountant and tax lawyer as the hedge fund manager, she'd be paying far less taxes.
PaulHurley
Then fucking DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
folded13
Sure they should. Because they should be paid more than a hedge fund manager.
Devils41
My wife and I just doubled our income and now fall into a much higher tax bracket. Guess what? I'm good with it and support it.
CUBErk
Yes Joe, we know. Please do it now, no more talk.
trippingthelightfantastic
IvanKirigin2
Average tax rate: Top 1% income is 25.4%. Bottom 50% is 3.4%
gamesandsongs
can i get a tax cut then , shit!
UrsulatheArtist
Can we finally gut the rich?
OneBabyOneHamburgerBun
Then, hear me out, you're the head of the party "technically" in control of congress and the senate. Do fucking something about it.
Tyneedic
Where was he the last 4 decades when they were fucking us over?
Skippy681370
Then fix it!
Gababu
can he even? isn't this the senators job ?
jamesgelliott713
LOL that people think Biden actually typed this post.
PraiseThePook
Does it matter who typed it if it's true?
Mantisfly
Then change it
cjandstuff
Who wants to bet if the Dems take control of the House and Senate in 2022, this still won't get fixed.
authorityonit
remember when dems had a super majority and still didn't pass universal health care? Americans paying astronomical prices for HC remember.
PraiseThePook
I'm old enough to know better than to take that bet. I've seen it fail again and again. We're literally watching the world burn and nothing.
trip2112
Look up how Reagan boned this country when it comes to taxes. NPR has a recent article on it.
Bladedrummer
Stop blabbing and DO something Democrats, you have a chance and you're squandering it.
WaveMotionGum
Cool, vote in a super majority.
DeadWhiteMale
Certain key Democrats and a few moderate Republicans could make the difference.
TobiasFunkeAnalrapist
Dems being content with this meaningless grandstanding and no action whatsoever even when they are in power, breaks my non-american mind.
basiccricket8444
The Dems are 5 parties in a trench coat. You can't really say they are "in power"
TrueLegateDamar
Blame Manchin and Sinema
Zreen
maybe Biden should pull a Trump and just bypass Congress and SC altogether
DukeDarkwood
SC was able to overturn some of those, though.
3Davideo
*looks at Senate composition* Uh, hate to tell you this, but a single D dissent can and does kill bills...
IWouldLikeToGetOffThisRideNowPlease
Like Bladedrummer said - squandering. Fucking bunch of useless pissants, almost all of whom are taking bribes.
3Davideo
I'm not saying it's not wrong - it is very much wrong - but viewing the situation as "we have a chance" is simply false.
Kitehammer
It's the Dems fault there are 50 R votes in unanimous opposition?
TobiasFunkeAnalrapist
It's the Dems fault they don't vote in unison.
IWouldLikeToGetOffThisRideNowPlease
What this person said ^
3Davideo
I'm sure if Manchin became super liberal it would do wonders for his electoral chances in West Virginia.
telecomteardown
qroniq14
It these people are American royalty, they work hard for their billions. They deserve to be left alone, it’s such a hard life being rich./s
screaminginthewoods
Part of it is also needing money to make money. Investments in travel/tourism April of last year would equal a very nice return a year later
screaminginthewoods
This is also net worth, which is misleading. I agree with the message of the infographic, but the overgeneralization is problematic
Fluckers
If those figures are true, that's a disgusting amount of money to generate in such a short space of time. Wealth tax is a must.
PcJunky
It's not "generated" money doesn't "multiply" or "work".
Mimsey
Remember at the start of the pandemic how trump and the GOP rushed out a trillion-dollar bailout for corporations with no dissent? /1
Mimsey
All of the government, including most Dems, just let them throw trillions of dollars at corporations in a short span of time. /2
Mimsey
Little media coverage, because the media got a cut of the money, too. And it didn't do anything. Those companies didn't use that money.. /3
Mimsey
to keep their workers. They used them on stock buybacks and expansions and remodels while their offices were empty. /4
BootsDusty
mr0xx
"Working families" says it all. Be a worker. Work. Work. Work. Instead of building social safety net and universal health care.
mr0xx
But trying to help employees, they screw over business owners thus making it harder for people to themselves become business owners. ...
mr0xx
We need to promote employee owned companies so that most of "working people" income comes from qualified dividends and capital gain.