It’s funny because the rich don’t pay taxes.
They do if you have taxes on captial gains :)
Can’t get taxed if you never cash out.
Most tax programs which apply to capital gains apply to the sell and exchange of the stock. Dividends are also taxed (at least here in the states). So yes, you get taxed no matter what you do unless it’s a net loss
Exactly why dividends need to be mandatory for profitable companies if we are not going to change the tax system.
The top 1% pays 42% of taxes.
Taxes from the middle class. Ftfy.
Might not be American.
Bout to say. We barely have a middle class in the US anymore. Lol
The US taxes the middle class some of the least in the world.
I left a private sector job where I did increasingly evil things for a good amount of money for a public works job where I’m doing something beneficial to society. I have to work a shit-ton of OT to make the same money but the OT is there for the working and I ultimately maybe work a hair more than I used to in my salary position.
Living the ducking dream man, have at it!
I have a public service job.
Can’t afford to live, get shouted at by callers irrelevant to my role each day just cos I am at a phone, can’t work from home despite the whole organisation doing so, higher paid people throw their workload at me cos they don’t want to do it.
Feels no different from when i was in the private sector really.
No offense due but I hope you’re interviewing
Looking, not much on the market right now, but it’s a process I suppose!
Can’t afford to live
At what quality of life?
I find it hard to believe you have a public service job that can’t pay for your peanut butter sandwiches and vegetables to stay alive.
Lol damn, God forbid someone want more out of life than scraping by getting basic needs barely met. I’ve been looking around while in school, and plenty of jobs are still paying $15-19/hr. That is barely enough to get by, depending where you live and rent may not even be enough, let alone take a vacation once a year or even think of raising a family.
What do you mean? He used the word ‘need’ and now you’re changing it to ‘wants.’
Why are you conflating needs with wants?
It’s both. Humans need breaks, vacations, etc. I may want to take a vacation to South America but would settle for somewhere North, though.
Humans need breaks, vacations, etc.
Woah woah woah. Breaks and vacations are very different things.
It’s funny watching you people conflate needs and wants just like breaks and vacations, lol.
You really need to brush up on your vocabulary!
Please do explain the difference, then, between why breaks are necessary but vacations shouldn’t be? You do realize study after study shows that 24-30 hour work weeks provide the most productivity? That family leave, healthcare, paid time off etc is associated with the happiest citizens? Is increased well-being not necessary in your worldview?
between why breaks are necessary but vacations shouldn’t be?
One is literally necessary for survival while the other isn’t. This is the difference between a ‘need’ and a ‘want.’
Is increased well-being not necessary in your worldview?
Considering how many people are able to live a significantly lower quality of life than what you’re advocating for, no. It’s not a ‘need.’ It’s a ‘want.’ There’s no limit to ‘increased well being.’ There is a limit to what the human body can take before it can no longer go on living.
Might want to brush up on your vocabulary. This is a pretty simple concept that even 2nd graders have no problem understanding.
You’re arguing semantics while the intention is clear. Quit being pedantic.
In our parents’ generation’s time, a public service job could fund a house, two kids, and annual vacations. We want that, or even more since we’re significantly more productive since those days. A job used to give us needs and a good amount of wants. Conflating the two in this context, while not perfectly precise, is irrelevant.
Needs and wants are different things and should be described as such.
The wording was a tad dramatic.
I can afford to eat. But I can’t afford housing and any enjoyment comes with guilt from knowing itll have a knock on effect to my finances. I’m living with a parent (who similarly struggles to pay bills)
It’s more a case of finding it hard to hit the bills and not being able to see a future where I’m comfortable.
I’d say it’s mostly due to the cost of living rather than the pay. 10 years ago I’d be doing quite well, but the pay grades haven’t changed to meet inflation or accommodate for the high cost of living.
Probably not taxes of the rich, who use havens and methods to avoid paying taxes. It’s the people paying.
I keep reading unionized as un-ionized…
Mind elaborating on this rich tax? I’m honestly curious but also feeling skeptical. I’m starting to think this is just a joke since it’s in meme form.
Shit man, hiring?
Piss man, is not hiring
Nothing better than taking rich people’s money!
That’s right, @dipshit
Federal government spending is not funded by taxes. When the federal government spends, it credits accounts with the press of a keystroke, creating money from nothing. The federal government issues money by spending and destroys money by collecting taxes. https://medium.com/@nicholasadiaz7/on-the-role-of-taxes-mmt-707fb4b3b80b
I’ve been working at a rich ladies house the last few weeks.
If you used her money to feed an entire town for a month, she wouldn’t even know.
A facebook meme that isn’t nuclear waste level toxic dogshit? Either this is breaking my brain or I’m misinterpreting it.
I feel you have a very low bar.
I am really tiring of the shitposts
I’ll take, “Things that will never happen,” for 200, Alex.
Hmmm where does public service build wind turbines?
Stop it you’re starting to tax me 😜
