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It's almost like working 60+ hour weeks churning out CRUD apps to get a rich person richer isn't the secret path to happiness or something.
by mbillie1 10y ago
It's almost like working 60+ hour weeks churning out CRUD apps to get a rich person richer isn't the secret path to happiness or something.
- johndevor 10y agoHold on, I need to write that one down...
- oblio 10y agoIn your CRUD ToDo app?
- criddell 10y agoI feel like you're judging me and my app.
- oblio 10y agoOf course I am, I'm European!
- whamlastxmas 10y agoThis is a CRUD app safe-space.
- eeZah7Ux 10y agoShocking how people accept that.
- charlesdm 10y agoShocking how average people accept the salaries they make and tax rates they pay.. smart people know better.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoIndeed. Just think of the social safety net and universal healthcare we could have in the US if we taxed the highest marginal income rates appropriately. EDIT: And how much more holiday/vacation time we'd have if it was mandated at the federal level.
- antisthenes 10y agoYou need to tax wealth as well, not just income. Accumulated wealth is what results and continues the inequality, not incomes.
- aianus 10y agoWhat kind of wealth is currently untaxed? Stocks or bonds => income tax + capital gains tax Real estate => property taxes + capital gains tax Cash => taxed by inflation Metals => capital gains tax
- barry-cotter 10y agoThat will disincentivise investment and encourage consumption and emigration once you've made your pile.
- saiya-jin 10y agothat's very socialist approach - excessive taxation on everything only gives rises to tax havens for wealthy ones. who would be targeted is not truly wealthy, but say upper middle class which isn't rich enough to use these kind of services, they are the ones spending most on services, which keep blue collar jobs, like it or not. This layer of citizens is necessary for healthy function of any society. If you strive to destroy them via excessive taxation (ie move them to low middle class over time), you are hurting economy in long run. Don't forget truly rich have plenty of completely legal companies that advise them how to 'optimize' their taxes. Companies smarter and better equipped than your average lawmaker. I mean look at the presidential candidates - obviously both are doing it. Everybody rich is doing it.
- cloverich 10y ago
- mtberatwork 10y agoThe amount of time spent commuting certainly doesn't help either.
- wldcordeiro 10y agoCommute time should really be considered part of work. I wouldn't be making the trip if it weren't for going to the job so why shouldn't it be considered work hours?
- massysett 10y agoBecause you have considerable influence over how long your commute time is. I can choose to live in a tiny apartment across the street from my job and walk to work, or I can choose a large house and drive 50 minutes to work. That's a personal decision. The worker who chooses the 50 minutes isn't entitled to anything more than the one who lives close by.
- DesiLurker 10y agonot really, once you have kids in picture its a whole different math. also the whole buying vs renting thing. to drive the seriousness of this home, Elizabeth warren did a study back when she was a prof & found that for every 10 point deviation from median in school performance house prices went up by 20 points.
- wldcordeiro 10y agoYeah the amount of influence you have is very minimal, especially when you consider changing jobs, are you supposed to move each time you do? I think that is an often claimed adage (like the whole trickle down effect one) that is much less true in reality.
- massysett 10y agoDon't change jobs then. You have that choice. There are jobs I will not accept because the commute is not acceptable to me.
- therealdrag0 10y agoHow common is this really? I've worked at three companies. One big, one small, one medium. And at all of them I work around 40 hours making 6 figures, and feel like I'm working more than everyone else at the company. Where are all these 60+ hour workers? Are they making even MORE money?