Message from @Gilgamesh

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2018-10-17 06:41:35 UTC  

Rye - the problem is that there are lots of government spending programs that do nothing for us.

2018-10-17 06:41:38 UTC  

they get taxed this year at a rate of 27%

2018-10-17 06:41:52 UTC  

that's $270,000 of their dollars going to taxes.

2018-10-17 06:42:00 UTC  

Let's imagine you cut their taxes by 3%.

2018-10-17 06:42:24 UTC  

They're now paying $240,000. That's 30,000 less.

2018-10-17 06:43:00 UTC  

Depending on the field

2018-10-17 06:43:03 UTC  

that 3%

2018-10-17 06:43:10 UTC  

is the difference between an entire job being created.

2018-10-17 06:43:36 UTC  

The margins are actually SUPER THIN when it comes to taxes.

2018-10-17 06:43:39 UTC  

yep, that pays my entire salary plus 10K for the rich person.

2018-10-17 06:43:55 UTC  

Frankly this is how I see my political views: I'm libertarian socially (for people's rights); and I'm frankly authoritarian when it comes to business and capitalism because of the absurd imbalance of wealth

2018-10-17 06:44:02 UTC  

That million dollars a year?

2018-10-17 06:44:12 UTC  

For someone who operates on pass-through tax brackets

2018-10-17 06:44:17 UTC  

such as myself, as the owner of an LLC

2018-10-17 06:44:29 UTC  

The problem Tiger is that authoritarianism in economy only makes the imbalance of wealth worse.

2018-10-17 06:44:34 UTC  

If my company pulls a million dollars

2018-10-17 06:44:38 UTC  

because Rich people can pay experts to find loopholes.

2018-10-17 06:44:39 UTC  

that tax rate applies directly to me

2018-10-17 06:44:42 UTC  

I can't.

2018-10-17 06:45:06 UTC  

Honestly I am in favor of forcing businesses who have created an empire of wealth in our country, forcing them to stay and keep paying in to the country that made them

2018-10-17 06:45:11 UTC  

That seems like common sense

2018-10-17 06:45:43 UTC  

Then we can expect the tax to balance out and expect them to not ruin us based on a 3% tax increase

2018-10-17 06:45:59 UTC  

I get the impression you've never been taught to see money as a commodity, only as a score of some sort.

2018-10-17 06:46:09 UTC  

If these patriots would leave America because we want to raise taxes on them, they may as well be hung

2018-10-17 06:46:34 UTC  

wew

2018-10-17 06:47:02 UTC  

That would surely solve all our problems

2018-10-17 06:47:13 UTC  

You're welcome

2018-10-17 06:47:14 UTC  

That'd be authoritarian.

2018-10-17 06:47:42 UTC  

sure, executing the ruling class solves everything
just look at the french revolution

2018-10-17 06:47:48 UTC  

Nah, that would just add massive disincentives to the economy.

2018-10-17 06:47:56 UTC  

The entire point of money is that it's a commodity that is a substitute for other commodities.

2018-10-17 06:47:58 UTC  

Why work hard to be rich? It will just be taken from you.

2018-10-17 06:48:30 UTC  

don't work hard to be rich
work hard to provide something to your community

2018-10-17 06:48:32 UTC  

:^)

2018-10-17 06:48:35 UTC  

If a person grows apples

2018-10-17 06:48:40 UTC  

And that's all they do

2018-10-17 06:48:51 UTC  

All they can use to pay a person for things they need

2018-10-17 06:48:53 UTC  

is apples.

2018-10-17 06:49:06 UTC  

If not everybody needs apples

2018-10-17 06:49:17 UTC  

The person who only trades in apples is fucked.

2018-10-17 06:49:30 UTC  

wat