• RHOPKINS13
    link
    fedilink
    635 months ago

    …maybe if the rich people paid their fair share… both in taxes AND in wages… people wouldn’t be living in poverty… cutting back on senseless wars could help too…

    • @pelespirit
      link
      135 months ago

      This is incredibly irritating, Bernie was saying it for corporations to pay their employees more. Do most billionaires actually work or schmooze.

      • Melkath
        link
        fedilink
        65 months ago

        Well, reportedly they do lots of drugs and then give the leadership of their companies the choice to do drugs or be fired.

        … while drug testing the actual workers.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        15 months ago

        So tax the company based on profit margin. Corporations being considered people while not being held under the same scrutiny is one of the biggest problems.

        • @[email protected]
          link
          fedilink
          35 months ago

          Companies are taxed for their profit. They are careful to not make a taxable profit. They can spend what would be profit on R&D or advertising or expansion

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      65 months ago

      Fair share means ending the tyranny of individual ownership of the Means of Production. Taxes are a good start though.

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    605 months ago

    Really took me a while to figure out they were trying to make me think of people on benefits rather than shareholders

  • Kairos
    link
    fedilink
    39
    edit-2
    5 months ago

    They’re saying this to Bernie Sanders? Bro what,… have you heard literally anything he’s said?

    • Melkath
      link
      fedilink
      15 months ago

      If Bernie shot off a tweet that said “you could write me in”, I would be DOWN.

      Bet he would take general… we would need to make them actually count though.

        • Melkath
          link
          fedilink
          -45 months ago

          Ya, gotta make sure Genocidal Joe has a solid shot of finishing the job with the Palestinians.

          And that he gets us resoundingly balls deep in military conflicts with every middle eastern country.

  • YeetPics
    link
    fedilink
    375 months ago

    ‘people working zero hours a week’

    Did anyone else take this as meaning “politicians”?

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      25 months ago

      When you add all of the taxes up - yeah it’s pretty high, especially considering our infrastructure and healthcare situation. ROI is absolutely shit.

  • themeatbridge
    link
    fedilink
    205 months ago

    You mean investors? Landlords? Capitalists? Retirees on social security?

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    145 months ago

    This is especially stupid because most low wage workers have a negative income tax due to the EITC.

  • blazera
    link
    fedilink
    135 months ago

    I was so confused not knowing what community this was in. Im like, “…but that’s what Bernie’s all about, not giving out money to rich executives”

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    105 months ago

    I fucking paid my taxes to protect me from poverty if I became disabled… little did I know that disability only pays 11k/year and if you have more than $2k in the bank or in valuables, they take away your food and Medicaid. That $2k asset limit hasn’t changed since 1974. We can’t fix a vehicle on that, we can’t pay our rent, we can’t survive on max $2k at any given time. If adjusted for inflation, it would be $13k. That’s enough to survive on.

  • TWeaK
    link
    fedilink
    English
    -235 months ago

    #theleftcabtmemeabouttherightnotmemingproperly

    It’s getting ridiculous now.