Which I understand and agree with. But to come to LateStageCapitalism and claim people who want to minimize taxes have the same motives as the people who want to minimize worker wages is I think too reductive for my taste.
I think the working man shoots himself in the foot when they push to minimize taxing. I think people need to hold taxation and public services in high esteem and it needs to be a pride for people. I think at the same time we have to be honest and outraged by how our tax dollars are spent (in the US at least.
The US being corrupt doesn’t change the principle, it just changes how we address this specific instance. But the people who shake their fist at union dues are doing LateStageCapitalisms’ work for the oligarchs, just the same as taxes. We should be pushing for more taxes on the wealthy, tax billionaires out of existence and cap millionaires at something reasonable and safe for democracy like let’s say 5 million in assets.
Taxes can be a formidable tool against corporations and for the people.
100% agree. I blame entitled billionaires kids for just about all our problems and would love to see a 100% estate tax on any amount over say 10 million.
I’m Australian, living in Australia, but spent 10 years living in the US and have an American wife, and I’m constantly shocked by how little Americans accept for their taxes.
Here, I pay 2.5% of my income so that everyone can get health care when they need it. Not only am I fine with that, but I’d happily pay twice that if they throw in dental as well. But we also give billions in tax breaks to foreign mining companies to come and dig up our minerals and ship them overseas so that my kids and I get nothing from them.
I’m not anti tax, I’m more than happy to pay for healthcare, education, food, housing and more so that everyone has a decent standard of living. But I despise putting a single dollar in the pocket of anyone who is already independently wealthy.
Which I understand and agree with. But to come to LateStageCapitalism and claim people who want to minimize taxes have the same motives as the people who want to minimize worker wages is I think too reductive for my taste.
I think the working man shoots himself in the foot when they push to minimize taxing. I think people need to hold taxation and public services in high esteem and it needs to be a pride for people. I think at the same time we have to be honest and outraged by how our tax dollars are spent (in the US at least.
The US being corrupt doesn’t change the principle, it just changes how we address this specific instance. But the people who shake their fist at union dues are doing LateStageCapitalisms’ work for the oligarchs, just the same as taxes. We should be pushing for more taxes on the wealthy, tax billionaires out of existence and cap millionaires at something reasonable and safe for democracy like let’s say 5 million in assets.
Taxes can be a formidable tool against corporations and for the people.
100% agree. I blame entitled billionaires kids for just about all our problems and would love to see a 100% estate tax on any amount over say 10 million.
I’m Australian, living in Australia, but spent 10 years living in the US and have an American wife, and I’m constantly shocked by how little Americans accept for their taxes.
Here, I pay 2.5% of my income so that everyone can get health care when they need it. Not only am I fine with that, but I’d happily pay twice that if they throw in dental as well. But we also give billions in tax breaks to foreign mining companies to come and dig up our minerals and ship them overseas so that my kids and I get nothing from them.
I’m not anti tax, I’m more than happy to pay for healthcare, education, food, housing and more so that everyone has a decent standard of living. But I despise putting a single dollar in the pocket of anyone who is already independently wealthy.