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> Why shouldn't it be the companies doing business? Why should it be the companies doing business? Just because someone happens to work for Walmart/Uber/whoeve
by harryh 10y ago
> Why shouldn't it be the companies doing business?
Why should it be the companies doing business? Just because someone happens to work for Walmart/Uber/whoever, I don't see why it means that employer suddenly becomes responsible for meeting any particular set of needs that person might have.
If we, as a society, decide that there should be minimum standard of living for citizens than we should fund that from taxes paid by all.
- AlexandrB 10y ago> If we, as a society, decide that there should be minimum standard of living for citizens than we should fund that from taxes paid by all. I agree, this is the other - perhaps bette - solution. But the corporations that reap huge benefits from public education, infrastructure, healthcare, etc. (and those who currently disproportionately profit from those corporations) need to start contributing their fair share.
- harryh 10y agoAs Mitt Romney famously said: corporations are people my friend. Which is to say, they are made up of people. Anything that is benefiting a corporation is benefiting those people. Those people pay taxes. That is how the fair share gets paid.
- AlexandrB 10y agoTell that to Apple's 200B+ war chest, or to the profits that are distributed as dividends instead of being paid out as wages. A lot of the wealth created by corporations is not subject to income tax (only capital gains tax) and overwhelmingly benefits only those who can afford to be in the market.