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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish71•2 days agoSo the US tax code is switching to a “Pay what you want” model? Rich people: “Switching?”
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-21 day agoHonestly it would be cool if Americans could choose how their money is used. Have a base tax plus you choose 3 programs out of 10.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 day agoWhen I was a kid, I assumed that was how it worked. When I found out it wasn’t, my reaction was something like, “then what even is a democracy?”
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘linkfedilinkEnglish2•22 hours ago“and to the republic for which it stands” Not a democracy : /
So the US tax code is switching to a “Pay what you want” model?
Rich people: “Switching?”
Honestly it would be cool if Americans could choose how their money is used. Have a base tax plus you choose 3 programs out of 10.
When I was a kid, I assumed that was how it worked. When I found out it wasn’t, my reaction was something like, “then what even is a democracy?”
“and to the republic for which it stands”
Not a democracy : /
Ultra Rich: “Pay?”