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r14c 20 hours ago [-]
Really paying taxes is fine, we have representation issues to fix, but we all gotta pay our fair share.
imo the problem is the special treatment of rich people and the way it encourages middle income people to act like temporarily embarrassed oligarchs instead of citizens of a republic.
dmitrygr 19 hours ago [-]
> special treatment of rich people
which?
r14c 19 hours ago [-]
Tax loopholes which result in a lower effective tax rate. Lesser accountability for crimes. Ability to break any law which is penalized only with fines.
Do you really not know what rich people can get away with in the US?
dmitrygr 18 hours ago [-]
I see special treatment of many non-rich people too, so I do not see the issue to be with the rich.
r14c 15 hours ago [-]
It's not about the special treatment, its about being equal under the law.
dmitrygr 15 hours ago [-]
I agree 100%, we all should be, but in today's America, the most "specially treated" are not rich, so if you are to hate people for being special under law, it is not the rich you should be hating first.
r14c 6 hours ago [-]
You misunderstand, I don't hate rich people, I want them to be accountable to a democratic system of governance aka paying their owed tax.
dmitrygr 4 hours ago [-]
They all pay their owed tax. If you dislike the tax law that allows them to pay as much as they do, change it.
phs318u 14 hours ago [-]
Well, if “specially treated” also includes “especially poorly treated”, then sure, there’s plenty of non-rich being “specially treated”. Take your pick from the non-rich subsets of immigrants, trans, kinda-Mexican-looking, pregnant-and-crossing-state-lines...
imo the problem is the special treatment of rich people and the way it encourages middle income people to act like temporarily embarrassed oligarchs instead of citizens of a republic.
which?
Do you really not know what rich people can get away with in the US?