[ SECRET POST #3752 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3752 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Random pedantic gripe

[soldatsasha]

It bugs me too. Not so much because the math is so wrong, but because it vastly downplays how serious wealth inequality is.

The problem isn't that 1% make so much money, the problem isn't the start-up owner who makes 200k a year or the dude who owns a successful restaurant. A one percenter doesn't necessarily make a whole lot more than a 25 percenter.

The problem is that a tiny fraction of the country is making staggering amounts while everyone else remains stagnant. It would take the average working class American more than three decades to make a million dollars. And we have a whole class of people who make that each year. The difference in wealth is absolutely staggering.

But instead of focusing on the guy who makes as much money per year as an entire city of poor people, we're going to focus on those damn pesky doctors and lawyers and stuff.

Re: Random pedantic gripe

[(Anonymous)]

You're a small business owner, yeah?

Re: Random pedantic gripe

[soldatsasha]

Yeah. That's part of why it's so annoying. (That, and having been homeless-and-starving poor.) Wealth inequality is kind of a Big Deal to me.

There's a vast gulf between what most people would consider 'upper class America' (kids go to a nice/private school, college is paid for, they have a couple of nice cars, they can afford to travel, they can afford a second/vacation home) and someone who makes $9,000 an hour. Like, they aren't even on the same planet.

Re: Random pedantic gripe

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry, let me be clearer. I agree that there's a gulf, but the wealth and income possessed by upper class people is also a problem, and the start-up owner making 200k a year should also be taxed way the fuck higher.

I'm sorry if you feel that's overly critical of your class or hostile to your class interests, but it's true.

Re: Random pedantic gripe

[soldatsasha]

Nah, I have no problem taxing wealthy people more. I can afford it ;)

Of course, we're also running into the problem of how many hyper-rich people hardly pay taxes at all bc of loopholes and such. Raising taxes doesn't do much good when they aren't paying them in the first place.

Re: Random pedantic gripe

[(Anonymous)]

Why would you automatically assume that because someone makes 200k/year and is pointing out that billionaires aren't paying fair rates, means that it they would be against raising them for everyone? Plenty of liberal wealthy people are all for raising their own taxes to fund services that help everyone, so long as this includes all the billionaires so the system has enough support to function. But we like to ignore those people, because thinking of wealthy people as rich greedlords makes us feel better.

I'm sorry if you feel that's overly critical of our class or hostile to our class interests, but it's true. The ultra wealthy win the class war by turning the people who make 9/hr against the people who make 29/hr while the guys making 9999/hr laugh at all of us.