SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.social to Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoRich people contribute more than anyone else to the economy and should be taxed less because of it.message-squaremessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareRich people contribute more than anyone else to the economy and should be taxed less because of it.SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.social to Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square23linkfedilink
minus-squareFallibilist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoThe top 1% of earners in the US pays 38.4% of all income tax and the top 10% paid 70.5% of it. The bottom 50% paid 3.3%. These are from 2023.
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoOk and? The purpose of taxes is, in part, to redistribute wealth from where it went to where it should have gone in the first place if the rich weren’t swindling us all. It doesn’t work as well as it should but it’s a start. Those numbers should be more like 100% imo.
minus-squareFallibilist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoI’m simply countering your claim that rich people do nothing but collect rent. They in-fact fund almost everything that’s paid with tax-payer money.
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoThis is like crediting thrives because a portion of their income is recovered by the police and returned to their victims. No. Just no.
The top 1% of earners in the US pays 38.4% of all income tax and the top 10% paid 70.5% of it. The bottom 50% paid 3.3%. These are from 2023.
Ok and? The purpose of taxes is, in part, to redistribute wealth from where it went to where it should have gone in the first place if the rich weren’t swindling us all. It doesn’t work as well as it should but it’s a start.
Those numbers should be more like 100% imo.
I’m simply countering your claim that rich people do nothing but collect rent. They in-fact fund almost everything that’s paid with tax-payer money.
This is like crediting thrives because a portion of their income is recovered by the police and returned to their victims. No. Just no.