• kidney_bean@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago
    1. Political party promises taxes for billionaires

    2. Political party also promises to spend that money

    3. Party gets elected

    4. Party realizes that super rich people have enough resouces to avoid any tax they can come up with as a single country

    5. Party still wants to live up to the promises from 2, so they try to tax large corporations

    6. Same problem as 4. Fun fact by the way: The nice left colonialism-hating palistine-supporting irish are the ones most responsible for big tech not paying any taxes for doing business in europe. (Double irish with a dutch sandwich)

    7. Party turns to the “richest” people that cannot afford tax evasion.

    8. I pay close to the maximum tax rate although making far less than 100k per year without any noteworthy savings

    Of course it doesn’t have to go that way, I just want to point out there are reasons to be skeptical besides being a “Fuckin idiot”. Politics can turn good ideas into bad policies

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      8 months ago

      I get what you’re saying but he really is a dumbass. The loopholes drive me loco man. You’re absolutely right about Ireland too. Fuck loopholes