YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoPence mocked for saying ‘I don’t really buy the rich need to pay their fair share’www.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1316arrow-down18
arrow-up1308arrow-down1external-linkPence mocked for saying ‘I don’t really buy the rich need to pay their fair share’www.independent.co.ukYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareShatterdome@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down10·1 year agoI agree everyone should pay 15% of their total income in taxes. Then it’s completely fair and equal.
minus-squaretheoldgreymare@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoExcept there are people who don’t need to have any income for the rest of their lives, could just break even or lose a little, because the wealth they already have is so huge. That doesn’t feel completely fair and equal.
minus-squareShatterdome@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year agoHow did they get that money in the first place then? Magic?
I agree everyone should pay 15% of their total income in taxes. Then it’s completely fair and equal.
Except there are people who don’t need to have any income for the rest of their lives, could just break even or lose a little, because the wealth they already have is so huge. That doesn’t feel completely fair and equal.
How did they get that money in the first place then? Magic?