• IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    And here we have a 90s child who grew up hearing Rush Limbaugh all his life and doesnt know what life was like before Reagan showed up and changed all the definitions so that rich people cant be taxed under any circumstance

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      1 year ago

      You realize rich people do pay income taxes just like the rest of us, right?

      • IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        No. They do not. Famously, they do not. It’s the entire reason we’re having this discussion.

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          1 year ago

          They do actually, the problem is that when people talk about their tax rate they compare it to wealth, not income, and that isn’t how income tax works.