1632 sats \ 2 replies \ @TomK 1 Dec 2023 \ parent \ on: The real genius of the wealth tax bitcoin
Sorry, but have You been in Europe recently? I would invite You to come and visit some of the dead economies of the south where people are paying 1. Income tax. 2. Vat 3. Co2 tax 4. Taxes on inheritance 5. Taxes on real estate (to erode the substance) etc etc. The rich 10% are paying more or less between 50 and 70% of the bs our polit clowns are wasting to secure their re-election. It's the state that has to shrink!
Yes I have. And society functions much more cohesively than in the US. In Europe, people aren't dying from curable diseases or because they can't afford their prescriptions. In Europe, people aren't stuck working for wages that still put them under the federal poverty level working 40 hours a week because the Republicans fail to do anything to raise the minimum wage so it can catch up with the inflation rate. (It would need to be $34/hour btw if we look at the rate of inflation since a minimum wage law was implemented.) In Europe, they have high speed rail systems between countries and much better infrastructure and interstates. In Europe, the prison populations aren't full of people that sold some weed and aren't full of minorities put away simply for being a minority. In Europe, the leading.cause of death for people under 18 IS NOT GUN VIOLENCE. NEED ME TO CONTINUE?!
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Oh boy, may I ask You: are You german? You clearly never have been south of Switzerland. What You are describing is a fantasy land that doesn't exist. Start collecting data on (relative and adjusted) purchasing power in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal. After that we talk again.
But You are german, aren't You?
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