[captain-price-official]

[the-watcher-734]

What gives you the right to tax him 50%?

[apersnicketylemon]

Here’s a legit answer: 

Because HE DOESN’T FUCKING PAY TAXES, AND HASN’T IN FUCKING YEARS. MOST BILLIONAIRES DON’T. AND THE IRS DOESN’T CARE BECAUSE IT’S ‘TOO COMPLICATED’ (Their words) TO AUDIT THE WEALTHY.

OUR RIGHT TO TAX HIM AT 50 FUCKING PERCENT IS BECAUSE TAXES WERE MEANT TO BE FROM EACH ACCORDING TO THEIR MEANS. 

OUR RIGHT TO TAX HIM AND ALL THE OTHER BILLIONAIRES AND THEIR TRILLION DOLLAR COMPANIES IS BECAUSE NONE OF THEM HAVE PAID THEIR FUCKING DUES TO SOCIETY IN A FUCKING GODDAMNED DECADE, WHILE THEIR COMPANIES ARE THE ONES KILLING THE FUCKING PLANET. THEY FUCKING OWE US AT THIS POINT, YES. OWE. US. THEY OWE SOCIETY BECAUSE WE’RE THE REASON THEY MADE THAT FUCKING MONEY, AND THEY ARE THE REASON WE’RE DEALING WITH THESE PROBLEMS TO BEGIN WITH SO THEY GET TO PAY THEIR FUCKING SHARE. AMAZON DOESN’T PAY TAXES. IT’S A TRILLION FUCKING DOLLAR COMPANY. I CAN BARELY COMPREHEND HOW BIG A BILLION IS. A TRILLION IS A LOT FUCKING BIGGER. 

FUCK BEZO
FUCK AMAZON
FUCK BILLIONAIRES
FUCK THEIR COMPANIES
IF WE, THE POOR, HAVE TO PAY FUCKING TAXES, THEN THE BILLIONAIRE CLASS SURE AS SHIT CAN.

[captain-price-official]

[atreefullofstars]

Said it before and I’ll say it again: if the government has the right to tax ANYONE, then it has the right to tax the rich. It has more right to tax the rich than to tax anyone else, because it can very easily harm the poor by levying taxes and would have a very difficult time harming the rich. Tax a billionaire at 99%, and he is still obscenely wealthy. Tax a poor person at 10% and they may die. OBVIOUSLY we should tax the rich.

[hungry-4-both]

The corporate tax rate under Eisenhower was 90%! You know what happened the middle class was born, our interstate highway system was created, corporations were incentivized to pay good wages and keep jobs here because that lowered their tax burden.

[euphorbic]

Because Jeff Bezos is paid in shares and shares aren’t considered income until they are sold. So he and the vile rich like him borrow against the worth of their shares. Until they die. It’s a legal loophole.

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax

The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax

ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in

ProPublica

[loud-and-queer]

This is why we don’t get anywhere. Because people have such intense brain rot that they’re convinced individual freedom to accrue wealth > the continued existence and wellbeing of literally all of mankind.