Poor people would have it worse because basic necessities aren’t (1) optional and (2) not priced dependent on income. The first certain amount of income for everyone must be spent on staying alive (food, medicine, water, etc.) and having somewhere to exist (rent/mortgage). Whatever is left over can be spent on high quality of those, hobbies, and luxuries. That means that the lowest earners spend their life merely surviving with no joy or options. They just try to exist until they can’t. Higher earners can afford to consume higher quality basic necessities and have options (e.g. beef, organic, etc.). The even higher earners can spend their extra income on enjoying hobbies and luxuries. Beyond that, people can spend their money on making more money and directing the economy (aka investments).

By charging a flat rate, poorer earners would be getting taxed almost exclusively on surviving. The highest earners would be getting taxed very little on surviving, so they would have a lot more money left over to afford luxuries and making more money. Because of this, most liberal economies use a progressive tax code (i.e. higher tax rates on higher income brackets). It allows people to survive while limiting the runaway effect from the highest earners making money exponentially. This would then destroy the economy because no one would be able to afford anything and the economy would halt. I mean, it’s still happening, but not as bad as if it were a flat tax rate.

What I think happens is that the rich control the levers and the poor are the masses. People that write tax codes have to make sure to balance the two. If it tips too much one way or another, we have problems. Too in favor of the rich (e.g. flat tax rate) and there would either be an economic depression or the masses revolt. Too in favor of the masses, and the rich form a coup or run with their money to another country and develop the economy there.

I do not know enough about him. Found my new obsession. See y’all later 👋🙂

yep! I get this. when all the senses are working in unison, I can tell a lot more about my surroundings

Sometimes, the magic signal does not reach and it ruins someone entire day

I’ve never had those Catholic crackers. Are they any good?

…waiting for the right time to leave that I wouldn’t show up too early and be stuck in an uncomfortable situation, but then I distracted myself from anxiety by something interesting and got stuck.

Where could I find more of these pls?

actions >> words

Edit: I’d rather a guy that loves Trump, but is accepting in person and spends their time volunteering on the weekend, than a self-proclaimed leftist that spends their time criticizing everyone while not doing shit about anything, and using their politics to justify their stealing habit. The former can be reasoned with. The latter is just using leftism as an excuse.

A true revolutionary. There’s a reason they made this guy singer of the Beatles.

Привет, брат! Эти англосаксы узнают истинную славу отечества, когда поймут, что мы использовали их свободу слова против них. По иронии судьбы, они даже открыто показали нам свою слабость. Вместе они выстоят. Разделившись, они падут. /с

Stickers at gas pumps across the country of a falsified US birth certificate with Elon in it

What an easy task! Let’s uproot the entire family’s social bonds and connection to the culture because the president for the next four years is a piece of shit. Possibly learn a whole new language, possibly set the kids back years in school, possibly lose a career, possibly have to be poor for years while studying for certification exams, possibly deal with xenophobia. Spend thousands of dollars to see if you can get approval. Forever be an immigrant on someone else’s land if you’re lucky. Prove to Trump and your soon-to-be old neighbors you really disapprove with this one easy step 👌

Y’all be riskin it without holocene crypty

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4:40.42p EST on Jan 28, 12,025 ->

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That’s the one that was active when I started typing. However, I change it randomly using the decay of a radioactive isotope that is randomly chosen by the decay of a separate amount of Uranium-238. I’m two randoms in. This way, my time records are always encrypted using open-science source and the government can’t hack the pictures of my parking spots at the oncology center to sell them to the NIMBYs at MetAlphabet AI.

message undeliverable

yeah, it’s using the medieval character set

What’s so bad about this movie that people didn’t even bother to watch it to know how bad it was??

No, only their pain and anger are justified. Not the brutality of another people.

Looks like they live in a dumpster 💅

Next, do Jimi Hendrxi pls. That guy was pretty good.