• TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone
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    3 days ago

    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.