• IamtheMorgz@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Funny, the older I get the more progressive I get. Same for most of the people I know (I’m a millennial). It used to be you got more conservative as you got older but i think the consensus now is you get more conservative the richer you get and well, my generation isn’t getting richer. I think we all just realize how easy it would be to pay the bill if we would just tax the rich.

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      1 year ago

      Not defending the other douche but im willing to bet you’d probably be surprised at how expensive it is to live in European countries with all of those things you’re hoping for. Like 60p of your paycheck goes to taxes and services. I think most folks who want those things Carte Blanche haven’t done the math

      That said, I think not having to worry about being bankrupted over a medical diagnosis would be worth it.

      Source - am a dual citizen and have spent years living in Europe and USA

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        You have that backwards. What taxes aren’t we collecting that could be going to everyone? Why should some 40K a year guy have to pay 10% of his income as taxes and someone like Bezos doesn’t?

        The US used to have a 69% tax rate for the ultra wealthy before Regan took office. We should bring that back.