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Show me how you convince someone making $40k that someone making $400k: 1. isn't rich. And 2 shares their class struggle.
The fact is they don't and they'll never see it that way.
You can say you're fighting billionaires all you want but what ppl see is you're trying to fight 350k makers which they could be some day.
Tax brackets exist. Which means both the person making 40k and 400k were taxed the same on that first 40k they made. If you raised taxes on people making over 350k they would be taxed at the same rate as everyone else on all the money they make up to 350k, and only the money over 350k (50k) is taxed at the higher rates. 95% of the population does not fall in that 350+ a year grouping.
So your argument is that there are a few outlying cities where making 400k isn't enough, but there is no city in the u.s. that you can't find a place to stay for $5,000 a month....15% of their income. While many Americans are paying over 30% of their income to housing.
400k, you can cut costs in your budget and buy a $50,000 car within a year. 40k, you can cut costs and buy that car... Never.
There is a huge difference between someone making 400k/year and making $25 million/day, yeah. But if you think 95% of the population doesn't deserve a chance to enjoy life because you someday might be taxed the same on your first 350k, and you may have to be taxed higher on the 12.5 percent of your income that you would be paying 100% of towards living quarters if you were in the 40k group.. I think it's greedy.
I came into this thinking $15 was too low so it makes the poster seem like the bad guy
hey now why'd you have to crop it so we don't get to see how fucking old this tweet screencap is?
I found it this way
It's been three or four days since we've seen this posted, so it was overdue.
A republican should make $15/h
... ~(yes)~
Society needs Mandatory Service Worker Service. Like Mandatory Military Service, except you are required to spend a year working a full time minimum wage job with no outside financial support before you turn 25
doubt it would help, these people have no empathy
Don't forget the I was treated like shit, thus today they don't deserve better mentality.