FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 3 days agoYou okay babe?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up1450arrow-down19file-textcross-posted to: lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
arrow-up1441arrow-down1imageYou okay babe?lemmy.worldFoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square22linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
minus-squarecymbal_king@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoAnd very few working class people have an effective tax rate of 40%, even in high tax states
minus-squareFushuan [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoIncluding the money your workplace pays for you? SS and such? In Spain if we include everything it’s close to 40% if you earn like 30k gross and above (without counting what the company pays for you, counting what they withhold for you)
minus-squareVoroxpete@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoIf they were talking about the stolen value of labour the number would be a lot higher.
And very few working class people have an effective tax rate of 40%, even in high tax states
Including the money your workplace pays for you? SS and such? In Spain if we include everything it’s close to 40% if you earn like 30k gross and above (without counting what the company pays for you, counting what they withhold for you)
I don’t think the meme refers to taxes
If they were talking about the stolen value of labour the number would be a lot higher.
maybe they felt generous