For some reason, this reminds me of Seattle raising it's minimum to $15, causing many of the businesses to shut down, leave, or automate.

what makes these types of lawmakers think that businesses who run on razer-thin margins in many industries are able to survive without passing the costs on to their customers

https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/09/13/1-in-5-californians-live-in-poverty/

^ this is the result of that type of thinking

Bigger businesses don't get too hurt, since again, they can just leave or automate. Smaller business and smaller/local shops, though, just can't function or keep up.

the problem is those small businesses employ the most people

That's one of the big arguments behind the Fair Tax proposal. Make everything a retail-level sales tax because big companies just pass their tax costs on to their customers anyways.

I sort of agree

but sales tax hurts the poor more than the rich

I don't know if the Fair Tax proposal would actually work, but that's the premise they push

I think property tax would be a better way to go

because housing value typically is lockstep with income and/or wealth

Usually, but not always

Sometimes really wealthy peopele choose not to have a lot of property

oh I agree, some very rich people live meager lives

I'm actually ok with a straight up flat tax on income

or something

I know I would if I had money. lol

if I dind't have a family, I'd probalby live in an RV on the beach

I don't like the idea of living in an RV, but the beach would be nice

lol why not?

have you seen modern rvs

I have

they're right up there with my hosue in some areas

The ones that I would want cost more than a small house a lot of the time

eh, jsut buy a recent used model

let some other poor soul eat the depreciation 😄

https://www.jayco.com/images/pages/galleries/3547-_0000_Jayco2017_Designer39RE_IntFtoB_Main.jpg

I could live in that, I think

I remember reading an article shortly after I moved to Maine for my first job about a guy who got hired at Google, bought a moving truck, and renovated the back of that into a basic living quarters. He basically just parked in the Google lot full time and used their gym facilities for showering, etc.

He spent something like 8-12K up front and saved on rent costs in the long run

yup

with rent you're just paying someone else

I mean I get it's not as socially acceptable to live in an rv vs an apartment, but I just view that as throwing away money

wew new tim pool vid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuPiSyV2UoU

wow I'm surprised he covered it

not his normal content

Oh mang.

https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/954476195709628417

I also can't tell if this is actually happening..