☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆M to United States | News & PoliticsEnglish · 9 months agoCompanies paid top executives more than they paid in US taxeswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down12cross-posted to: enoughmuskspam@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmygrad.mlnews@hexbear.netglobalnews@lemmy.zip
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minus-squareauthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down6·9 months agotaxes on companies only mean that you will pay more for their products.
minus-squareDarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·9 months agoTaxes mean the government can provide more services. Excessive executive pay only means you will pay more for products.
minus-squareauthlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-29 months agoMaybe instead of creating new taxes they can limit executive pay?
minus-squareDarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoI wouldn’t mind the taxes so much if the government weren’t so intentionally bad at spending them.
minus-squareauthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoExactly. They probably would never need to raise taxes again if they instead improve how they spend them.
taxes on companies only mean that you will pay more for their products.
Taxes mean the government can provide more services. Excessive executive pay only means you will pay more for products.
Maybe instead of creating new taxes they can limit executive pay?
I wouldn’t mind the taxes so much if the government weren’t so intentionally bad at spending them.
Exactly. They probably would never need to raise taxes again if they instead improve how they spend them.
Wrong.