• Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca
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    18 hours ago

    Yeah, but remember, their taxes are so low that businesses can afford to pay their employees so much that most Anericans are actually incredibly wealthy. Just go out on the street and ask any American.

    …not that guy… not that guy either… or that guy… that guy doesn’t count… no not that guy either…

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      7 hours ago

      What about raising the tax so that increased pay for the employees increases the amount of deductibles for the company which in turn reduces the actual tax they have to pay?
      Has that ever been tried before?
      Maybe some decades ago?
      …before Reagan?

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          3 hours ago

          They want the power to do whatever they will while enjoying the protections of the publicly funded state against anyone who might try to stop them.

          And for the most part they get it. But their power isn’t total yet. We still have a window of possibility.

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      3 hours ago

      I mean, you’re kind of arguing how great the USA is. You put it on a pedestal as a beacon of perfection. Yeah it doesn’t have free healthcare, you’re absolutely right, I’m not sure what you’re point is? There are a lot of things wrong with the USA, it’s a huge country with quite a bit more diversity then other first world countries.

      Point being, why do you hold the USA to such high standards? If you think most Americans feel the US is “the best” you’re sorley mistaken.

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      11 hours ago

      Yeah, but remember, their taxes are so low that businesses can afford to pay their employees so much that most Anericans are actually incredibly wealthy.

      That’s the theory for “trickle down” economics, but in reality it’s piss trickling down.

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      14 hours ago

      Unironic all my friends with their washed brains argument in favor of united states…

      “but they got even more money than us working on mcdonalds duh”